Straight answers to the questions we get asked on site every week — permit rules, what removal actually costs, how to tell if your ash is finished, and what to do the morning after a storm. Written by the crew that does the work, with real numbers and sources you can check.
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Ontario calls Manitoba maple invasive across much of its range and puts its lifespan at up to 60 years. Whether yours stays or comes out depends on what is standing underneath it, not on what the species is called.
Your Manitoba Maple: Keep It or Take It Out? Read More »
The CFIA confirmed Canada’s first established spotted lanternfly population on 23 October 2026 and regulated Essex County, Windsor, Pelee and Chatham-Kent. Ottawa’s record is unchanged — but one new federal rule reaches anyone hauling wood, plants or stone out of that area.
Spotted Lanternfly Is Now Established in Ontario. Ottawa’s Record Did Not Change. Read More »
On a young maple the bark protecting the whole tree can be thinner than 1.5 mm, and a string trimmer takes it off in one pass. What damage at the base actually does, how to read it while the grass is down, and the ring size that prevents it.
Your Mower Is Killing That Tree. It Just Takes a Few Years to Show. Read More »
Ash firewood is not allowed to leave the Ottawa area, and non-ash firewood has no homeowner route out either. What the CFIA directive actually says, and where the line falls when you drive out of the city.
Moving Firewood From Ottawa: Most Trips Are Legal. Some Are Not. Read More »
The CFIA confirmed Canada’s first spotted lanternfly in Windsor on 15 September 2026. Here is what the federal record actually shows for Ottawa, what this insect does to a tree, and what is worth looking for in your own yard this autumn.
Spotted Lanternfly Is in Ontario Now. Ottawa Has One Record, and It Was Dead. Read More »
Standing water for seven days or less will not hurt most trees — it is the weeks of waterlogged soil afterwards that do the damage. Which Ottawa species mind it, which shrug it off, and why you will not see the result until spring.
Too Much Rain for Your Trees? In Ottawa It Depends on the Species Read More »
Cold is not what kills a newly planted tree in Ottawa. The straps, the mulch and the rabbits are — and all three are fixable before freeze-up.
Your New Tree Will Not Die of Cold. Here Is What Actually Kills It. Read More »
Canada surveyed 1,739 sites for the Asian longhorned beetle in 2025 and found none, and oak wilt was not detected anywhere in the country. Here is what the federal survey actually says about the pests threatening Ottawa trees, and the one that is already here.
Most of the Tree Pests You Are Warned About Are Not in Ottawa Read More »
Ontario Parks put leaf fall at zero in the parks nearest Ottawa on 12-14 September 2026. If one tree in your yard is already yellow and thin, that is a symptom, not the season – and the first place to look is the bottom of the trunk.
Your Tree Started Dropping Leaves in September and the Street Did Not Read More »
A cable limits how far two stems can pull apart. That is all it does — here is when that is worth paying for on an Ottawa tree, and when it is not.
