Helping Evanston's Oaks, One Tree at a Time
There is a role for professionals and municipal staff in tree care, but they either don't get involved until there's a problem or are understaffed/underresourced and unable to provide basic support to young trees. That's where you come in!
Buy a bag of mulch (it's cheap!) for every tree on your parkway and in your yard. Spread it in a donut shape around the base of the tree. Keep it away from the trunk because it can weaken the tree.
Buy a 5 gallon bucket (I use the homer bucket from Home Depot) and give each tree a bucket's worth of water a week.
I will mulch my trees (using a donut shape) every spring.
I will water my trees once a week Spring-Fall.
Now that wasn't so hard, was it? These two simple steps will dramatically improve the health of your trees.