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title: "Tree Care Guides | Zeigler Tree & Timber"
url: https://zeiglertree.com/blog/
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Zeigler Tree & Timber

# Tree care guides

What Louisiana property owners ask before they hire a tree company, answered plainly.

[Checklist

## 7 Warning Signs a Tree Near Your Home Needs an Arborist Before Hurricane Season

Dead limbs, cracks, mushrooms at the base and more: seven signs from the International Society of Arboriculture's tree risk checklist, and what to do about each one.](https://zeiglertree.com/blog/tree-warning-signs-before-hurricane-season/) [How to choose

## How to Choose a Land Clearing Contractor on the Northshore

From a single homesite to a full tract: the questions to ask a land clearing contractor about wetlands, buried utilities, stumps and debris before the first machine arrives.](https://zeiglertree.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-land-clearing-contractor/) [How to choose

## How to Choose a Tree Removal Company in St. Tammany Parish: 7 Questions to Ask

Seven questions to ask any tree removal company on the Northshore before you sign, and how to check the answers yourself.](https://zeiglertree.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-tree-removal-company-st-tammany/) [Comparison

## Remove It or Prune It? How to Decide What a Tree Near Your House Needs

When pruning fixes the problem, when the tree has to come down, and when the right answer is to leave it alone. With the questions to ask before anyone climbs.](https://zeiglertree.com/blog/remove-or-prune-a-tree/) [Comparison

## Stump Grinding vs. Stump Removal: Which One Does Your Yard Need?

Grinding or full removal? What each one leaves behind, when each makes sense on a Northshore lot, and the questions to ask before you pay for either.](https://zeiglertree.com/blog/stump-grinding-vs-stump-removal/) [How to choose

## Tree on the House After a Storm: How to Choose an Emergency Tree Service

What to do in the first hour, the questions to ask any storm crew before they cut, and the warning signs the Louisiana Attorney General lists for disaster contractors.](https://zeiglertree.com/blog/how-to-choose-an-emergency-tree-service/)