Planting Trees Can Save You Hundreds of Dollars in Energy Costs
Raleigh, NC – Your trees are an important part of your yard ... they provide shade and comfort to your family, and add value to your house as well. But they also provide an important cost savings opportunity as well. Remember those high heating bills you received during the winter? How about those high air-conditioning bills you’re about to get socked with?
"You can dramatically reduce your heating and cooling bills by planting trees and caring for them, says Bayer Advanced™ Lawn and Garden Expert Lance Walheim, who is a best-selling author and regular contributor to Sunset magazine.
Try this test: Take a walk through the woods in the summer. Notice how much cooler it is? The leaves block the sunlight. Take the same walk in the winter. It feels warmer because the trees, now without their leaves, allow sunlight through; the trunks and limbs serve as a windbreaker thereby reducing windchill.
According to the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, your winter heating bills could be reduced by as much as 25 percent, and summer cooling bills could be reduced 50 percent by placing trees in the best locations around your home.
The east and west sides of your home are most important to shade because of the path of the sun. Try to keep the south side of your home unshaded so winter sun can warm the house during the cooler months. One exception, if you live in the Deep South where summer temperatures can hit triple digits, go ahead and plant trees along the southern exposure.
The ideal shade tree is about 25- to 50-feet high with a big canopy. A tree that size will partially shade the roof of a one-story home but will not get too big for most properties. You want to plant your trees at least 10 feet from the foundation to prevent roots from breaking through. Plant trees even farther from your house to avoid damaging it in a storm. Your home and garden center can recommend appropriate tree species for your landscape.
How do you keep your trees around for years? The key is preventing problems. Insects destroy more trees each year than wildfires. You can protect your trees from insects by using Bayer Advanced™ Tree & Shrub Insect Control Concentrate with MERIT®. Mix it in a watering can and pour at the base of the tree. It's absorbed through the roots and systemically moves through the tree killing Japanese beetles, aphids, the Emerald Ash Borer, Hemlock Wooly Adelgid and other listed pests. One application lasts up to 12 months – longer than any other product.
About Bayer Advanced
Bayer Advanced lawn and garden products are created by Bayer Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer CropScience LP and part of the Bayer AG family, a Fortune Global 500 company that makes such well-known brands as Bayer Aspirin, Aleve® and Alka-® Research Triangle Park, NC, is the business headquarters of the company''s NAFTA Region. Kansas City, MO, is the company''s core technology center. The global headquarters of Bayer CropScience is located in Monheim, Germany.
Bayer Advanced products deliver Better Science. Better Results.™ and carry a money-back guarantee. They are available at major retailers and independent garden shops across the United States. You can learn more by visiting www.bayeradvanced.com or by calling 1-877-BAYERAG.
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