Timber! Removing a dead tree. September 4, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by Karen Rice ... Some homeowners have equipment and experience to remove small trees themselves. If you do so, ...

Still, the biodiversity boost from retaining dead trees is probably small in a private backyard environment. “I think it would help,” Garbelotto says.

Q: My homeowners association requires a replacement for a dying plum tree with something similar. I want to plant a more drought-tolerant, low-maintenance small tree.

Always leave the branch collar, the small ridge of raised bark where the limb meets the tree. The collar contains healing cells that will help the tree close over the cut limb. 3.

Small duranta tree can be pruned now or in the spring; just be sure you know where to cut. ... You can prune off the dead top parts back to the parts you have determined are still alive.

Yes, he runs a tree service that doesn’t cut down trees, even dead ones. His unconventional approach: Let it be. “Let it participate and help the ecosystem,” Mr. Camu said.