Aikey's Tree Service

About Aikey's Tree Service

The Big Spring never freezes, so in January Bellefonte has steam drifting off the water at Talleyrand Park while frost holds on the Victorian roofs above it. Those hillside streets are lined with trees older than most of the porches, and limestone ground grows them deep and stubborn. Removals take patience and rope — a maple hemmed in by a stone wall and a bay window is not a tree anyone simply fells. Winter pruning is a gift to a tree, with the structure visible, the deadwood easy to find, and spring arriving to a crown that carries itself well. When a storm crosses the Nittany Valley, cleanup clears the yards and the alleys and leaves the town looking composed again.