It might be surprising to some but the summer of 2017, master gardeners at the University of Illinois Extension office are receiving a lot of calls about trees.
Master gardener, Candace Miller says they have gotten more calls about trees than vegetables or flowers so far this year. She notes this follows a trend they've seen the last few years because of disease and stress issues.
The Emerald Ash Borer disease has hit the country hard in the last five years and Miller says a lot of ash tree owners are starting to see a decline in their ash trees in recent years.
Miller notes the treatments for the ash trees that are showing disease issues, the treatments, while infrequent, are very costly. She says unless the tree has big value to a homeowner or landowner, it may not be worth it over the long run.
