Maine homeowner guides
Straight Answers About Maine Trees
The questions Greater Portland homeowners actually ask (storm damage, costs, neighbor disputes, permits, warning signs), answered in plain English, without the sales pitch. Written for Maine trees, Maine weather, and Maine law.
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After the Nor'easter: Storm Damage Tree Cleanup
What to do in the first 48 hours when a Maine storm drops trees: safety, insurance, and cleanup in the right order.
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What Tree Removal Costs in Maine
Real price ranges, what makes one tree triple the cost of another, and how to read a quote like a pro.
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When a Neighbor's Tree Falls on Your Property
Who pays, whose insurance responds, and the one letter that changes the liability picture. Maine's rules, plainly.
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7 Warning Signs a Tree Is Becoming Dangerous
Leans, cracks, fungus, deadwood: how to read the big tree over your roof before a storm reads it for you.
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Tree Cutting Rules & Permits in Greater Portland
City street trees, the 250-foot shoreland zone, and when you genuinely need permission before cutting.
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Ice Storms and Maine Trees
Why a half-inch of glaze breaks healthy limbs, which trees suffer most, and how to harden yours before January.
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Browntail Moth in Greater Portland
The coastal caterpillar whose toxic hairs cause a poison-ivy rash, why winter web clipping is the fix, and what not to do.
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Emerald Ash Borer in Southern Maine
The beetle killing Greater Portland ash trees: how to spot it early, the honest treat-or-remove call, and why dead ash turns dangerous fast.
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