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Chipping brush and cutting a tree in Rocky Hill, CT
Sometimes a homeowner wants to save some money by cutting down some trees or branches themselves. In the end they are still left with a mountain of brush! We spoke with the homeowner and they were looking at renting a chipper from home depot for $300 and still having to do all the work themself….

Tree Transplant in Rocky Hill
A little cedar tree had sprouted up under an ornamental japanese maple tree in our customers yard. Having become attached to the tree over the last couple years they wanted to try and keep it. Since the ground wasn’t frozen we were able to move it in February. They plan to trim it on a…
Does putting tape on my trees stop gypsy moth caterpillars?
In short, no. Go for a drive in our state of Connecticut and you will see many trees which are standing dead having been killed by repeated defoliation from gypsy moth caterpillars. Some of these dead trees still have duct tape on them from when the property owner tried to trap them as they crawled…

Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Spraying in Middletown, CT
LaPila Arborists and Design, LLC helped some good people take back their trees. The caterpillars were eating everything! Below you can see the results laying on the driveway.

Pruning a “rough tree”
By hard we mean rough on the eyes, full of a lot of dead or broken branches. A new client just bought a house and had a tree in the front yard which he wanted to keep but realized it was not in the best of condition. With a little TLC we were able to…