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Tree Trimming in Rescue

Rescue, ZIP 95672, is part of our patch. Dial (530) 240-2208, and a pruning pro from the area will stop by to check on your trees.

Whether it's an oak over the barn or a row of trees along a fence, tell us about it and we'll book the visit.

Farms, vineyards and a Pony Express stop

The year was 1895 when Rescue got its start. Its founder, Andrew Hare, credited his mine with saving him from being broke, so the town's name is a thank you of sorts. Long ago, Pony Express riders passed through on the trail linking Placerville with Folsom.

Ranches and farm fields cover most of it, along with vineyards inside the Sierra Foothills AVA, and new houses keep popping up. The little center holds the post office, the firehouse, two churches and the community center.

Rescue sits at about 1,214 feet.

Rare plants next door

Right in Rescue sits Pine Hill Ecological Reserve, a single unit of the bigger Pine Hill Preserve. Across its five units the preserve tops 4,000 acres, guarding eight rare plants that grow only on gabbro soil.

If your land backs onto the preserve, keep your trimming and brush on your side of the line. Don't dump branches into the reserve. A pro can stack or chip them on your own property instead.

Farm trees and old ranch oaks

Ranch land here tends to have big, spread out oaks that were left standing for shade. Over the years they grow heavy limbs low and wide. Where cattle or trucks have packed the ground around them, that adds stress too.

Compacted ground crushes roots and keeps water and food from reaching them, per a UC Master Gardener talk about our oaks. A tree under that kind of stress may show dead branches at the top. Taking out dead wood is often the first job.

Low limbs that block a gate or a tractor can be raised. The arborist group says raising removes lower branches to clear buildings, vehicles and people. Take only what's needed.

Trees by the vines

With vineyards all around, some Rescue lots have big trees right at the edge of the rows. Shade from a wide oak can slow the vines next to it, and dropped limbs land on the trellis.

Raising or thinning the side facing the vines often helps without losing the tree. Keep the timing straight, though. Blue and valley oaks get winter work, and interior live oaks get summer work, per the UC Master Gardener talk.

What to do with the brush

A couple of big oaks can bury you in brush. Chipping tacks roughly $50 to $100 onto a job, by Fixr's figures, and general yard clean-up runs $200 to $500.

There's also a free option. When grants cover it, the county Fire Safe Council chips brush for primary residences on the Western Slope, up to twice yearly and six hours per stop. Pile everything near your driveway or road, butt ends facing out.

Nearby

South of Rescue you'll find tree trimming in Shingle Springs, with tree trimming in El Dorado farther east. For ranch oaks, start with oak tree pruning. The home page is tree trimming in Placerville, and every town we cover is listed under our towns.