Winter is truely beautiful ...

Now.....that's a well decorated Holiday Tree !!!

Ice accumulation on trees makes for a beautiful wintery landscape, but
can cause damage to trees and shrubs. Making sure yours trees and
shrubs are pruned properly to eliminate potentially hazardous dead,
diseased or weakly attached limbs is the best way to reduce damage.

Look for vines on trees NOW!
They are more easily seen in winter and "choke" trees often. Just cut
a 6" piece of the vine out at waist level, then in the spring spray
the newly sprouted leaves at waist level with "Roundup". The higher
sections of vine will die and let go eventually. Just a precaution....the vines might be poison ivy , so be careful and disinfect the hand saw blade after cutting poison ivy !

Is snow good or bad for shrubs...?
Well heavy accumulation should be removed to prevent snow load damage,
but snow cover actually can insulate the shrub from drying winter
winds, some snow is good.

Another co-dominant trunk. Cut one!