The Mad Creek Trail is located just outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Other than it’s length, it is a fairly easy trail. It can be a nice day hike, or you can use it to enter the Mount Zirkel Wilderness. Once in the wilderness, you can access Mt. Zirkel, Red Dirt Pass and the remainder […]
Fall Changes If you live in an area that has four seasons, you probably love the fall. It is a time when the weather turns cooler, the days get shorter, and in Virginia, the leaves of deciduous trees turn brilliant colors in preparation for the winter. Many people speculate why leaves change color, but the […]
Click on a photo to scroll through the pictures. It helps get the full effect of the hike! Spruce Knob is a great place to go to explore the vast beauty of West Virginia. Hiking through the forest filled with spruce trees and moss is like hiking in another land. If you enjoy hiking, beautiful […]
Scientific Classification for Sassafras Trees Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Andiosperms Clade: Magnoliids Order: Laurales Family: Lauraceae Genus: Sassafras. Species: Sassafras albidum (usually found in the Eastern United States) Sassafras hersperia Sassafras randaiense […]
Tree Removal Safety At Vic’s Tree Service, tree removal safety is one of our main concerns. There is almost nothing about tree removal that is not dangerous. That is why the industry has some of the highest workman’s compensation rates. Our employees are periodically trained and reminded of workplace safety precautions. We monitor the use of safety […]
Annual Growth Rings on Trees – What Tree Removal Reveals Almost everyone knows that when a tree trunk is cut in half, it reveals the annual growth rings. Contrary to popular beliefs, each ring doesn’t necessarily represents a year of the tree’s growth. Like most things in nature, trees have a specific way of adding growth […]