A vital component to healthy trees on your property is regular pruning and trimming. This encourages further growth and can help remove decaying limbs before they come toppling down in the next storm.

Pruning can keep your trees healthy and maintain your yard's overall appearance, whether you're trimming away unhealthy branches or removing a branch that's at the perfect height to pose a hazard.

Back in the mid-1970s, when Abner Undan started working for a tree-trimming company, the standard method was to lop off branches randomly and use spikes to climb palm trees. “Those were the old ways.