Atwood Tree Care

06/08/2026

I absolutely love doing consultations! You get to help people with their Trees, give them sound advice to get everything back to a healthy status and sometimes even inspire. But every once in a while, it’s a tearful consultation. Over 175 miles driven today some good some bad😢

06/05/2026

With all the interest from the “killing your tree with style” post, we had a ton of mulching questions. When you don’t need a air spade and you just need to make a bigger mulching and the correct way to do it… That’s what this video is about.🙌🏼🌳❤️ ring

06/04/2026

Love to see it when done correctly🙌🏼🌳❤️. It’s not by accident. Purposely protecting the The Tree and properly preparing the work zone is a beautiful thing.

06/04/2026

Smh🤦🏼‍♂️. As I see more companies in our industry, add the bullet point of “we do land clearing” to the list of expertise- I see the OSU study and advertisements like this pushing that narrative. As if we don’t have enough tree companies that aren’t truly experts in their field, doing things in urban forestry we gave them doing the same thing in land clearing. So often they have zero knowledge of hydrology or what grading can do to change up Landscape in that immediate area much less down the river 20 miles people take watershed-scale findings and turn them into a blanket prescription: “Cedars waste water, therefore remove cedars.” The science is usually more nuanced than that. The studies tend to support managing excessive encroachment, not necessarily eliminating cedars as a species.
As an arboricultural parallel, it would be like finding that overcrowded urban tree stands have competition issues and then concluding that all trees should be thinned. The context matters as much as the result. Studies as a blanket justification for cedar removal is that the context often gets lost. Most of the research was conducted on large watersheds with extensive redcedar encroachment into native grasslands, not on residential properties or landscapes with a handful of trees. What happens after removal matters too. If cedars are replaced by dense brush, invasive species, or other high-water-use vegetation, the expected water savings may be reduced. Increased runoff also doesn’t necessarily mean more water is being stored in the soil where plants can benefit from it. There are ecological tradeoffs as well. Removing cedars may help some prairie species, but it can reduce habitat for wildlife that relies on cedar cover. Poorly managed removal can increase erosion until vegetation reestablishes. There’s also the issue of carbon storage, since mature trees hold significant amounts of carbon that can be lost when they’re removed. Finally, results from Oklahoma prairie watersheds shouldn’t automatically be applied to East Texas forests, urban landscapes, or mixed oak-juniper ecosystems, where the ecological conditions and management goals can be very different.

Wait until they learn that doing this increases the spread of Oak wilt 😒

06/04/2026

It’s definitely in our area😢

Emerald ash borer has been detected in three additional Texas counties: Young, Montague and Clay.

The invasive insect was confirmed after adult beetles were captured in Texas A&M Forest Service monitoring traps. These detections help us track the spread of emerald ash borer and better understand where it is present across the state.

Emerald ash borer attacks and kills ash trees. Signs of infestation may include canopy thinning, increased woodpecker activity, bark splitting and D-shaped exit holes.

One of the best ways to help slow the spread of invasive insects is to buy and burn firewood locally and avoid moving untreated wood long distances.

06/02/2026

Mondays!😭 we literally just got home at 10 o’clock in the evening. I cannot remember the last time we worked a 13+ hour day and it had to be one of the first days in triple digits. We even tried to call back up yesterday because Kyla was sick as a dog it wasn’t gonna be able to work today. Let me just tell you how much of a bad as she is!!! She worked just as long as I did. And to make the Monday sting even more the very last of the day one of the last cuts in a deep decay cavity I accidentally got a baby bird. As an official bird nerd it hurt. I can’t tell you how much I hate Mondays😢. And my apologies. I’ve got a lot of messages and text with Tree questions. I promise you guys I’ll get every single one of y’all answered. But it won’t be today and it might not even be tomorrow.
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05/31/2026

Crowley and surrounding residence I need your input🙌🏼

FREE TREE TALK AT THE CROWLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY – HELP PICK THE TOPIC!

I have the opportunity to present a free educational program on trees at the Crowley Public Library on June 23, and I’d like your help deciding what you’d find most valuable.

Which topic would you be most interested in attending?

🔴 A. Ask an Arborist
An open Q&A session where you can ask your tree questions. Tree decline, oak wilt, insects, pruning, watering, root problems, planting mistakes, storm damage—bring your questions and let’s talk trees.

🔴 B. Proper Tree Planting & Establishment
Learn how to properly plant a tree, avoid common mistakes, and give it the best chance to thrive for decades.

🔴 C. Tree Science & Tree Biology for Homeowners
Learn how trees really work—roots, soil health, water movement, nutrients, stress, and the science behind healthy trees.

👇 Simply comment A, B, or C below. If there’s another tree-related topic you’d like covered, let me know!

A little about me:
I am a ISA Certified Arborist,
ISA Texas Oak Wilt Qualified, ISA Prescription Pruning Qualified, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified
and a sitting Member, Johnson County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Landowner Committee. Owner operator of Atwood Tree Care And I love to talk Trees🙌🏼🌳❤️

I look forward to hearing your ideas and hopefully seeing you at the Crowley Public Library on June 23!

🌳 Comment A, B, or C below! 🌳

05/31/2026

I feel personally attacked by this TikTok 😂. Moose knuckle hemlocks😂☠️. Love Matt Lyons stuff he’s hilarious.

05/30/2026

Are you building your dream house on a beautiful wooded lot? If so, this video could save you 1000’s & 1000’s of 💰

05/30/2026

Took this photo today. This is what we call “killing your tree w style😎”