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How can severe dry weather followed by a heavy downpour of rain cause a safety hazard in trees’ branches? With all this wild weather we’ve been having, here’s a word of warning from Bohmer and why pruning can help prevent any accidents.

Check out the damage this Eucalyptus Tree did to these workers’ cars after the wild winds around Wollongong recently! Just another day in the life of an Arborist…      Luckily they owners had only just parked their cars to go into the office – then this happened.

We’re often asked what the best ways are to prepare and protect your home from bushfires – here’s some excellent advice from the RFS (at their website rfs.nsw.gov.au) we’d strongly advise you to take some time out to read (a few minutes could save your home, lives and livelihood!). Even if your plan is to leave early, the more you prepare your home the more likely it will survive a bushfire or ember attack, whilst making it easier for you or firefighters to defend and is less likely to put your neighbours’ homes at risk.

Check out Bohmer’s recent enews here (it’s not all doom and gloom!): tinyurl.com/spkc5qq  

Five million hectares of NSW forest have been burned in the recent bushifres, which is over half the entire forest and well over twice as much anything recorded before, so the scale of the problem is huge. Listen below to the fascinating interview with Dr Owen Price, from UOW’s School of Environment & Life Sciences to give you the facts, plus pose some discoveries that are yet to be made from the actual impact and hope for the future.

Did you know, every time we must remove a tree – usually due to ill-health, safety or Council requirements – we donate $s towards a tree to be replanted in its place via the excellent Australian organisation, the Carbon Neutral Charitable Fund. We feel it’s particularly important, especially when our current natural landscape and animals’ welfare is in such a terrible state due to bushfires and drought across our beautiful country.

Australia is home to over 24,000 different species of native plants. Why not use one as your Christmas tree this year instead of the traditional choice of pine?

How you can donate and help with the NSW and QLD Bushfires  Firefighters, charities and animal rescue groups are accepting donations amid the bushfires. NSW Rural Fire Service volunteers Bob (left) and Greg Kneipp pictured near a fire at Torrington, near Glen Innes.

How do you put a value on Tree Vandalism? There was alot of uproar recently regarding local vandalised trees in public areas (see the full story here), planted by Council to allow for enjoyment by the tax-paying public plus to benefit the local natural environs for our future.

Bohmer’s super popular Spring Special is back for 2019, just in time to get the garden in shape for the long evenings ahead. Take $100 OFF all jobs* booked by the end of November – simply mention the special offer when booking.  BONUS: All jobs booked will receive repeat customer discounts on future bookings SEE OUR FULL LIST OF SERVICES HERE TO HELP GET YOUR GARDEN LOOKING SUPER SPECIAL THIS SPRING/SUMMER!

This piece of wood was cut down and, as you can see, the centre of it is rotten – which is known as heartwood rot. While some people may associate the term with a stale relationship, heartwood rot is when a tree has a fungal infection that causes the centre of the trunk and branches to decay.

Q: I am building a new home (knock down/rebuild) and need to remove some trees however we’re having issues with Council regarding determining which trees are on boundary lines. Please could you help!