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Property managers: can visitors actually SEE your signs, lights, and entrances? 🚗Overgrown limbs around parking areas ca...
10/22/2026

Property managers: can visitors actually SEE your signs, lights, and entrances? 🚗

Overgrown limbs around parking areas can create visibility problems, block lighting, and interfere with normal access.

Targeted pruning can help restore clearance while keeping the trees an asset to the property.

CHETS works with commercial and residential properties throughout Thurston County. If a tree is starting to get in the way, let's talk about a sensible maintenance plan.

CHETS Tree Service | Thurston County, WA
Veteran-owned & operated • Licensed & insured
📞 (360) 819-8022
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TREE MYTH: "All that moss is killing my tree." 🌿Around Thurston County, moss loves our cool, damp, shaded conditions. It...
10/21/2026

TREE MYTH: "All that moss is killing my tree." 🌿

Around Thurston County, moss loves our cool, damp, shaded conditions. It commonly grows on bark without harming the tree.

Moss by itself doesn't mean a tree is rotten or dying.

What deserves attention? New cracks, dying limbs, trunk damage, major changes in lean, or movement at the roots.

Don't judge the tree by the moss. Look at its overall condition—and have anything concerning checked.

CHETS Tree Service | Thurston County, WA
Veteran-owned & operated • Licensed & insured
📞 (360) 819-8022
🌐 chetstree.com

A branch doesn't have to be dead to become a concern. 🌳Long limbs can carry a lot of weight far from the trunk. Add rain...
10/20/2026

A branch doesn't have to be dead to become a concern. 🌳

Long limbs can carry a lot of weight far from the trunk. Add rain, wind, or existing structural weakness, and the stress on that connection can increase.

That doesn't mean every big branch needs to go. The right pruning may reduce end weight while preserving the tree's natural shape.

If you've got a long, heavy limb over a roof, driveway, or patio, let's look at the whole tree before making cuts.

CHETS Tree Service | Thurston County, WA
Veteran-owned & operated • Licensed & insured
📞 (360) 819-8022
🌐 chetstree.com

Wet ground changes the equation. 🌧️When heavy rain saturates the soil, strong winds can put extra stress on a tree's roo...
10/19/2026

Wet ground changes the equation. 🌧️

When heavy rain saturates the soil, strong winds can put extra stress on a tree's root system—especially if roots are already damaged or weakened.

Watch for NEW warning signs:
🌳 A tree suddenly leaning farther than before
🌳 Fresh cracks or lifting soil around the base
🌳 Visible movement of the root plate in the wind

If you spot these signs, keep people and vehicles clear and have the tree checked. Don't wait for the next gust to make the decision.

CHETS Tree Service | Thurston County, WA
Veteran-owned & operated • Licensed & insured
📞 (360) 819-8022
🌐 chetstree.com

Sometimes a tree should come down.Sometimes it needs pruning.Sometimes it needs deadwood removed.And sometimes the best ...
10/16/2026

Sometimes a tree should come down.

Sometimes it needs pruning.

Sometimes it needs deadwood removed.

And sometimes the best thing to do is leave it alone.

We’d rather figure out what actually makes sense for the tree and the property than pretend every problem has the same solution.

Have something you want looked at?

CHETS Tree Service
Veteran-owned • Licensed & insured
(360) 819-8022
chetstree.com

Churches.Schools.Storage facilities.Commercial buildings.Office properties.Anywhere people regularly park, walk, gather,...
10/15/2026

Churches.
Schools.
Storage facilities.
Commercial buildings.
Office properties.

Anywhere people regularly park, walk, gather, or enter a building deserves a little more attention when large trees are nearby.

Commercial tree maintenance doesn’t need to start with an emergency.

CHETS serves commercial properties throughout Thurston County.

(360) 819-8022
chetstree.com

It seems logical:Cut branch → seal wound.But trees don’t heal wounds the same way people do.In most normal pruning situa...
10/14/2026

It seems logical:

Cut branch → seal wound.

But trees don’t heal wounds the same way people do.

In most normal pruning situations, modern arboriculture doesn’t recommend coating every cut with wound paint or tar.

The better protection is making the right cut in the right place and letting the tree do what it’s built to do.

CHETS Tree Service
Thurston County, WA

Construction damage to trees often starts before anyone realizes there’s a problem.Trenching through roots.Heavy equipme...
10/13/2026

Construction damage to trees often starts before anyone realizes there’s a problem.

Trenching through roots.
Heavy equipment compacting soil.
Grade changes around the trunk.
Materials piled over root zones.

The tree may stay green for quite a while afterward — which makes the damage easy to miss.

If mature trees are staying on the property during construction, protecting the root area should be part of the plan.

CHETS Tree Service
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Dead branches don’t necessarily mean the entire tree is dying.Trees naturally shed limbs, and individual branches can di...
10/12/2026

Dead branches don’t necessarily mean the entire tree is dying.

Trees naturally shed limbs, and individual branches can die for plenty of reasons.

The problem is what’s underneath them.

A dead limb hanging over the back corner of a wooded lot is one thing.

A dead limb over your driveway, roof, patio, or play area is another.

CHETS Tree Service
Thurston County, WA
(360) 819-8022

A tree doesn’t need to be standing in the middle of an open field to be worked on.Backyards, fences, sheds, landscaping,...
10/09/2026

A tree doesn’t need to be standing in the middle of an open field to be worked on.

Backyards, fences, sheds, landscaping, narrow access, nearby homes — those are normal parts of tree work.

A complicated location just means the job needs the right plan.

Have a tree you’re not sure anyone can safely get to?

Show us.

CHETS Tree Service
(360) 819-8022
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