Get Your Yard Storm Season Ready
Whether it’s a heavy rain, a strong wind or a major hurricane, weather in Palm Harbor, FL, can be damaging during the Sunshine State’s storm season. From the hardscaping features in your landscape like walkways and retaining walls to the plants, shrubs and trees that ornament your property, making sure that your yard is ready to take on nature’s challenges is an important part of home maintenance. Use these tips to help ensure that you’re well prepared for whatever this year’s storm season brings.
Inspect Your Home’s Exterior
A thorough inspection of the exterior of your home and outdoor areas helps you identify potential problems before they cause property damage. Use this checklist as your guide:
- Look for cracks in your driveway, sidewalks and paths that cause trip hazards.
- Inspect retaining walls and fences for damage that may cause the structure to fail.
- Keep gutters and downspouts free of debris and ensure that they’re at the proper pitch.
- Check the perimeter of your home’s foundation to make sure that the ground slopes away from your house.
- Ensure that leaves, mulch and debris aren’t blocking storm drains or blocking water runoff routes.
- Check underneath decks to verify that supports are in good condition.
Schedule Tree Trimming Services
Both a science and an art, expert tree trimming not only modifies the growth of your trees to enhance their health and beauty but helps ensure that they won’t cause a hazard when the weather turns rough:
- Making cuts in the right locations resolves problems with top-heavy growth, reducing the chances that branches will break off and fall on power lines, walkways or your roof.
- Proper pruning allows new growth to be directed outwards to an open space rather than inwards where crisscrossing branches can rub against each other and cause damage during a storm.
- Thinning techniques open up the structure of the tree so that strong winds can blow through freely, making it less likely that limbs and branches will break off or that the tree will fall.
- Strategic pruning keeps trees strong and healthy by preventing die-back and disease.
Hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 31 in Palm Harbor, FL, so if you haven’t yet taken steps to prepare your yard for harsh weather, the time to act is now. Whether you need hedge trimming, tree pruning or stump removal services, we’ll help ensure that your landscape is ready for seasonal storms. Contact the professionals at Warner Tree Service today to schedule tree care service for your residential or commercial property.
