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		<title>Funny Tree Surgeon Cartoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1944-06-03 MGM-The Tree Surgeonby klangley


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		<title>Critters Getting on Your House Through the Trees?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Racoons, squirrels, rats, you name it.  If it can climb, it wants in your house.  I frequently get called out to bid a tree trimming jobs where the only goal is to cut the tree back far enough so that wild life can&#8217;t use it to get on the roof.  Take my [...]


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		<title>Ideal Time to Prune Trees &amp; the Oak Wilt Pruning Season</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/tree-pruning-austin-trimming/ideal-time-to-prune-trees-the-oak-wilt-pruning-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oak wilt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today a customer asked me this question, &#8220;We will want the trimming done, but don&#8217;t have a date yet.  It depends on the progress with the construction.  What are the ideal dates for trimming?&#8221;
What are the ideal dates for trimming?&#8221;

I get asked this question all the time.  Aside from the trees&#8217; normal [...]


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		<title>Fall Color on Live Oak Trees? Senescence.</title>
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		<comments>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/uncategorized/fall-color-on-live-oak-trees-senescence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sick Tree]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Live Oaks are semi-evergreen; so, why am I writing about fall color on a live oak?  Sometimes live oaks will produce fall color.  But, usually not in the fall.  When it happens it&#8217;s in the winter.  I was somewhere between Hamilton Pool and Johnson City driving between jobs when I ran [...]


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		<title>The Waller Creek Project</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/uncategorized/the-waller-creek-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/uncategorized/the-waller-creek-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Austin has been planning for some time now to do a major restoration to Waller creek.  If you are not familiar with this creek, it is one of the major tributaries that funnel into Lady Bird Lake on the east side of downtown, mostly along Red River, just west of IH-35. [...]


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		<title>Tree Struck by Lightning? What a Lightning Strike Really Looks Like.</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/sick-tree-austin/tree-struck-by-lightning-what-a-lightening-strike-really-looks-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny to me what gets &#8220;diagnosed&#8221; as lightning strikes.  It seems to me the average homeowner thinks the only two afflictions known to trees are oak wilt and lightning.  Hopefully, this simple post will shed some light for many of you wanting to know if your tree was struck by lightning, and [...]


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		<title>Tree Climbers&#8217; Training &#8211; Fall &#8216;06</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/our-services/tree-climbers-training-fall-06/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in October we did a 4 day company training event.  Jose Mercado of Mercado Horticultural Training Service came down from California as our instructor.  Jose is an ISA Certified Arborist and Certified Tree Worker, and he is bilingual.  













One of the goals of the workshop was to prepare my crew members [...]


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		<title>Every Kid&#8217;s Dream Tree House &#8211; How to Build It</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/construction-site-tree-protection/tree-house-how-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction Sites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who hasn&#8217;t dreamed of the most grand tree house imaginable?  Trap door, zip line, bucket on a pulley to get your stuff up.  Well, for a few lucky kids their dream came true.  And, their dad cared enough about the tree to call me in for advice.  He didn&#8217;t want the [...]


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		<title>Landscaper&#8217;s Guide for Construction Site &#8211; Tree Ordinance Mitigation</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/construction-site-tree-protection/landscapers-guide-for-construction-site-tree-ordinance-mitigation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a landscaper, your job might not be to manage tree ordinance compliance, but planting trees from this specific list will help your client (the contractor) keep their costs down.  Planting trees from the list below will count toward the tree mitigation fines.
75% of the trees planted must be from the class one list; [...]


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		<title>All About Arizona Ash Trees</title>
		<link>http://www.austintreeexperts.com/blog/uncategorized/all-about-arizona-ash-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona ash is referred to as &#8220;Arizona trash&#8221; by many people.  Personally, I don&#8217;t really agree with this attitude.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, they aren&#8217;t perfect trees, but ash can grow into large trees quickly and provide significant shade from the hot summer sun that is much needed in Texas.  
















Their bad [...]


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