Jackie A. says, "Working with Sal was a wonderful experience. He is a certified arborist, and we needed help with our withering 35' Blue Spruce, two 35' Norway Pines and our 40' River Birch.
23 years ago, we planted these trees in a staggered pattern in our backyard to use as screening, since we do not have a fence around our yard, and we wanted our large deck to have some privacy. Now that the trees have matured, they were actually doing damage to each other. We had to remove the 35' Blue Spruce, so that the remaining trees could get more sunshine and nutrients from the soil.
Sal educated us on what needed to be done, and after the Blue Spruce was removed, Sal and his crew trimmed our remaining trees in a way that will train them to "fill in the large privacy gap" created when we removed the Blue Spruce. We had no idea that could be done! Sal and his crew also "lifted our trees" (trimmed them at the bottoms), so they will remain healthy and be more resistant to insects and disease. We had no idea that needed to be done either. We love the look of "natural trees", and we did not know that our trees needed to be tended to, other than water and fertilizer that we provide regularly.
Sal was the first to respond to our Thumbtack request. He was super responsive, polite, helpful and knowledgeable every time we contacted him. We have asked Sal to contact us in 2-3 years for the next time we need our trees tended to. If we had contacted Sal a few years ago, he said we could have saved our Blue Spruce."See more
