CA License #1096813
CA License #1096813
Not every job on a property involves a tree. A good share of what we get called out for around Redding is ground-level work: a lot that has not been touched in three summers, a fence line disappearing into blackberry and brush, or a field of dry grass sitting a lot closer to the house than anyone is comfortable with. That work has its own equipment and its own season, so it has its own section of the site.
Four services sit under this heading. Land clearing takes a parcel back to usable ground. Brush removal deals with the heavy woody growth along fence lines, creek banks and property edges. Weed removal pulls out what keeps coming back around structures and hardscape. Weed mowing knocks down grass and light growth across the open areas and keeps it down through the dry months. Most properties need some combination of the four rather than one on its own.
Grass in the north state cures early. Annual grasses and yellow starthistle that looked green in April are dry, brittle fuel by June, and they stay that way until the first real rain. Add the run of triple-digit afternoons Redding gets every summer and a field that felt like landscaping in spring is a different thing entirely by the middle of fire season.
There is also a legal side to it. California Public Resources Code 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility Areas and in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, measured from the building out to 100 feet or to the property line, whichever comes first. That 100 feet is treated as two zones: the first 30 feet, where dead material comes out and plants are spaced apart, and the 30 to 100 foot band, where the fuel volume is reduced and grass is kept short. A great deal of the ground around Redding, Shingletown, Igo, Millville and the surrounding foothills falls inside those designations.
We are a tree and land clearing company, not a fire agency, so we cannot sign off on an inspection or tell you that a property passes. What we can tell you is that most of what an inspector points at is the work described on this page, and that it is far easier to keep on top of than to catch up on.
When a parcel is genuinely overgrown, land clearing comes first. It is the heaviest of the four and it is what opens the property back up, taking out overgrowth, scrub and unwanted small trees so there is something to work with underneath. This is usually the call before a build, a fence, a corral or a sale.
Brush removal is the more targeted version. It handles the thick woody material along fence lines, creek banks, ditches and property boundaries, along with brush piles and downed wood left from storms or from previous tree work. On a property that is otherwise in decent shape, this is often the only clearing needed.
Weed removal is close-in work: the growth coming up against foundations, under decks, along walkways and driveways, around propane tanks and outbuildings, and through gravel and hardscape. It is the part of the job that lines up most directly with that first 30 feet of defensible space.
Weed mowing is what keeps the rest of it in check. Across pasture, fields, vacant lots and the wider parts of a property, mowing knocks growth down before it cures and keeps the fuel low through the season. Properties with real acreage often want this more than once between spring and the end of summer.
Every job starts with a free estimate. We walk the property with you, look at what is actually there rather than what a photo suggests, and talk through what needs clearing now against what can reasonably wait. Access matters as much as acreage on this kind of work, so we look at how equipment gets in, what the slope is doing, where structures and fence lines sit, and what is underneath the growth before anything is quoted.
From there you get a price and a scope, and nothing is scheduled until you have both. Tree of Righteousness is licensed and insured, California License #1096813.
Late winter through spring is the easier window, while growth is still green and before the ground has dried out. Work through the summer is common and often necessary, but it moves more carefully, since equipment operating in cured grass and heat carries its own risk. If you know a property needs clearing, calling early in the year gives you more options than calling in July.
That is part of what the estimate covers. Some properties want everything hauled away, others would rather keep usable wood or have material piled in one place. Tell us which you prefer when we walk the site and it gets priced accordingly.
Some will. Annual grasses and star thistle return from seed already in the soil, which is why mowing is generally a seasonal service rather than a one-off. Removing woody brush and clearing overgrowth lasts a good deal longer. Most properties end up on a pattern of clearing once and then mowing to hold it.
Yes. The same crews cover Anderson, Cottonwood, Palo Cedro, Bella Vista, Happy Valley, Shasta Lake, Igo, Millville, Shingletown, Lakehead and Red Bluff, and the outlying properties on this kind of work are often the ones that need it most.
Yes, and it is common. Clearing work regularly turns up dead or hazardous trees once the growth around them is gone. That side of the business is covered under our tree services, including tree removal and dead tree removal, and it can be quoted on the same visit.
