K & M Tree Service

06/17/2025

With the power out, our phone is not working. Please call or text Keith directly 229-6869

04/18/2025

We will be available Saturday morning to look at any emergency and weather-related needs you have from last night's storms

04/09/2025

Another way to prevent the spread is to not trim or cut down oak trees during the summer months (or after leaves are fully mature in spring). This keeps the spread of any spores from becoming airborne and infecting other trees in the area.

Tubakia iowensis a fungus known to cause Bur Oak Blight, which is a leaf disease that attacks oak trees. Bur Oaks will become symptomatic in the summer months, displaying brown, wedge shaped blotches on its leaves. A part of the leaves will turn yellow and purple-brown lesions form along the veins of the lower leaf surface.

Read more:https://www.bartlett.com/resources/bur-oak-blight.pdf

04/09/2025

How is your spring cleaning going?
Have you noticed dead or hanging 🍃 branches caught up in your trees?🌳
Do you have a grove or tree line that needs thinned out?🌲🌲
Have your trees been affected by the emerald ash borer? 🪲
Are your trees needing pruned and shaped to stay healthy?
Contact K&M Tree Service for free estimates!

02/14/2025

Pruning trees helps the tree use its energy to grow healthy, full, productive limbs. It is an essential part of good tree maintenance and stewadship.

How and When to Prune Trees and Shrubs
Why Prune?
Health: Remove dead, diseased, or damaged branches.
Growth: Encourage healthy new growth and better structure.
Safety: Eliminate hazardous branches.
Appearance: Keep plants tidy and attractive.
Productivity: Boost flowering and fruiting.
How to Prune: https://mideas.co/KtyeR

02/01/2025

Contact us of you need your trees treated. We use arbor jet injection system to make sure your tree is treated correctly every time!

The INTELI-jet is designed to work with the FSeries Hex Manifold attachment, splitting the injection line into six separate injection sites. This makes it ideal for bigger jobs or larger trees!

05/23/2024

We are doing our best to help our customers with their tree trimming and removal needs during this wet spring. Many areas are too wet for our equipment to access at this time. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we wait for the ground to dry up.

06/01/2023

Spring is here, and that means we are treating Ash trees for Emerald Ash Borer. Contact us to see if your tree is a candidate for treatment.

02/17/2023

We get a lot of questions about specific trees. Besides ash trees, the major species we get asked about the most is oak, and the best time to care for an oak. Oak trees live a long time, but don't always look the nicest, depending on the species. Many oaks look like they are dying when it's their natural way of shedding and growing.

Here is a great guide from our wonderful Iowa State Extension Office on pruning oak trees followed by a video from the ISU on how to prune trees safely. The image comes from Perdue Extension and is a great example of what the ISU extension is describing in their article.
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https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/yard-and-garden-prune-winter-healthy-trees #:~:text=Winter%20(December%2C%20January%20and%20February,oaks%20are%20pruned%20in%20winter.

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/learn-prune-trees-successfully-video-instructions

05/04/2022

This is a free public meeting, but they are asking for reservations due to limited seating.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Cherokee County will host an informational meeting concerning Emerald Ash Borer on Wednesday, May 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at our office located at 209 Centennial Drive in Cherokee.

Emerald Ash Borer is a small beetle that kills all species of ash trees. The pest’s presence is confirmed in Cherokee County, as well as the surrounding counties of Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Buena Vista, Sac, and Ida.

The meeting will address homeowners’ questions and help guide them in deciding their next steps.

Attendees can expect to learn
• How to identify Emerald Ash Borer and signs of infestation in trees
• Emerald Ash Borer treatment options and how to know if a tree is a candidate for treatment
• Ash tree identification and replacement options

The meeting will feature Dr. Donald Lewis, ISU Professor and Extension Entomologist; Mike Kintner, Emerald Ash Borer Coordinator with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship; and Amber Thompson, Forestry Specialist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

This public meeting is free to attend, but preregistration is requested as seating is limited. For more information and/or to preregister, call us at 712-225-6196.

02/28/2022

We do the cutting, he can do the milling!

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🌟Giveaway Time🌟

Our first Richardson Sawmill Giveaway!

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We will choose a winner Friday, March 4th!