Jason Gaskill from Davey's Wilmington, Delaware, office talks about how to carefully and safely install lights on your outdoor trees without harming them, pruning considerations to make this winter and fun story about one of the trees featured in Davey's 2024 Trees of Davey calendar, plus how you can WIN a copy! 

In this episode we cover:  

• Staying safe while decorating outdoors (1:07)
• Don't wrap too tightly, and remember to remove the lights (1:57)
• LED lights? (3:36)
• Pruning considerations (4:45) (10:28)
• Goop and PolyPhosphite 30® (9:04)
• Outdoor ornaments? (11:36)
• Tree story from the 2024 Trees of Davey calendar (14:26)
• How to enter the GIVEAWAY (17:31)

To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.  

To learn more about how to tell if you should or shouldn't keep your holiday lights hung year round, read our blog, Is it okay to Keep Outdoor Tree Lights on Year Round?

To learn more about steps for how to hang light on tall trees, read our blog, How to Put Christmas Lights on Tall Outdoor Trees.

To learn more about the dos and don'ts of hanging outdoor lights, read our blog, Wrapping Trees with Christmas Lights: The Dos and Don’ts.

Connect with Davey Tree on social media:
Twitter: @DaveyTree
Facebook: @DaveyTree
Instagram: @daveytree
YouTube: The Davey Tree Expert Company
LinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company 

Connect with Doug Oster at www.dougoster.com. 

Have topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

Have feedback, questions or a topic you want covered? Click here to send Talking Trees a message OR email [email protected].