Healthy trees, look beautiful in our neighborhoods, increased property values, help clean the air we breathe, provide homes for birds and other wildlife and help control, stormwater runoff, a major source of pollution in urban areas. A house with mature trees planted to the south and southwest of a home saves money on electricity by preventing the Sun from heating. The home as much neighborhoods with more large trees, have lower incidences of asthma and even crime than areas with fewer trees and trees.

Shade pavement, preventing aging of that pavement by the Sun, so the roads and driveways don't need repairs is often, and that saves taxpayer dollars, but Minneapolis trees need your help. We need to replace the trees we lose each year and properly water and care for the trees. We have a pest emerald. Ash borer threatens to kill all of our 200,000 ash trees. That's one out of five trees in Minneapolis.

If you have room on your property plant a tree, preferably a larger species, because the more leaves the greater benefit to you and the environment, it takes time for these trees to grow tall. But the beauty and legacy to the community is worth it any week. It doesn't rain at least one inch water, the trees in your yard and on the boulevard, especially if the trees are younger than five years old.

All trees need water, setting a hose to drip on the ground next to the tree for two hours works best, but even pouring a bucket of water slowly around the tree makes a difference. It only costs three dollars growing season to keep a tree. Happy and healthy. The city of Minneapolis and its partners make it affordable to get trees for your home or business each spring for more information check out the city of Minneapolis website or call 311.