Yahoo

This SC community saved a 200-year-old oak tree from being cut down. Here’s how you can do the same

When Murrells Inlet residents learned of plans to remove a beloved 200-year-old live oak tree, they used social media to rally others to their cause and save the tree. The South Carolina Department of ...
Yahoo

Debunking 3 common myths on tree planting, staking and pruning

As part of my duties as an extension agent, I answer a lot of questions about trees. Many times, folks are surprised that the solution they found online was not the best one, and that sometimes it was ...
Post and Courier

How do you safely uproot and relocate an enormous live oak without damaging the tree?

Trees are famously anchored beings. They grow where they happen to be, their branches reaching ever closer to the sky as their roots keep them firmly in place. One particular tree — a live oak — was ...

Large or small, oak or dogwood: Let these tips take root as you size up tree choices

I have heard from a few residents who live in subdivisions where they are beginning to remove all the large trees (oaks, ...
WMNF

Tree preparation before a hurricane with Alyssa Vinson

Although Florida no longer holds the top ranking for states people are moving to most, tens of millions of new residents each year are still calling Florida home. Every day over 1200 people move to ...
The Advocate

Grinding down oak roots is dangerous to the tree, and maybe to you. Here's a better way.

I have multiple roots from a live oak running along my front yard. I would like to grind them down with a wood carver disc, so the bottom deck and blade of my rider mower do not get torn up. I thought ...
The Herald SC

This SC community saved a 200-year-old oak tree. Here’s how you can do the same

The building housing local business Inlet Dispensary was moved from the area Tuesday, but SCDOT says the live oak tree will not be removed. Sustainable Murrells Inlet Courtesy of Sustainable Murrells ...