Hedgehog Tree Care is a small tree firm servicing the Portland, Oregon metro area. Owned and operated by skilled tree man and certified arborist, Jim Meyers, Hedgehog is a referral-based business dedicated to quality workmanship and customer satisfaction.

Our services include quality ornamental and shade tree pruning, skilled tree removal, chipping and stump grinding and tree selection, as well as consultation and arborist reports.

• Here's I video I would like to share that I took about 150 ft up in a Fir tree on top of Forest Park. It's hard to explain the feeling, but let's just say these are the trees we love to climb, the reason we work through a long, rainy winter. Sometimes my job is so awesome it doesn't feel like a job.

• Is your tree planted too deeply? The root flare should be visible at the surface like most trees you see growing in a forest. Pull the mulch and dirt away until you hit large roots, that should be level with the surface.