The Tree Blog

Archive for June, 2009

Shredding and Mulching Palm Trees is one of the key reasons why palm removal is such a specialised field.

Palm fronds, especially Cocos (which happens to be the weed you most want to remove) are extremely difficult to shred and can’t be done easily by most standard machines.  You can try waiting for the fronds to dry, but this can be a big pain.

Then there is the trunks, which wet and nasty and can chew away at the blades of even the best shredders.  Golden canes are particularly tricky.

To top it off, the mulch and cuttings from palm trees is not of a great standard and doesn’t decompose well, meaning that most people don’t really want it as mulch.

So disposing of palm trees can be a real pain.  But there are people who specialise in palm tree removal even though you may pay a premium.

Arbor Day, an Australian tree planting tradition begun in 1889, has come again.  Most states observe this day despite its low profile.  There is also a National Tree Planing Day for schools coming on July 28th and July 30 (depending on the state).

Arbor Day’s roots are believed to be in Nebraska, United States where it was founded in 1872, but went global in the mid 1880s.