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		<title>Fall Garden Chores for your Trees, Shrubs and general Garden.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fall is an excellent time of year to prune trees for winter safety. Woody Shrubs can also use pruning at this time of year if you avoid pruning spring flowering shrubs to make sure you have blooms on them next spring. Fall is the best time to feed the root systems of trees and shrubs. Be sure to keep leaves raked off the lawn and beds all through the fall and winter.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=346</link>
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		<title>Beneficial Insects: Green Lacewings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Green Lace wings are the true beauties of the beneficial insect world.  The larvae are the active insect predators and are sometimes called “aphid lions”. It has been reported that they can eat up to 600 aphids, each in their lifetimes. As, adults Lace wings are good pollinators for all your flowers and vegetables.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=340</link>
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		<title>Rose Care:  Fall and Winter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the days get shorter and the nights become cooler, in Portland Oregon, the entire garden begins to wind down.  There is still time for a few last splashes of color in the fall rose garden, but it is time to think of putting all of your trees and shrubs to rest. 
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		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=334</link>
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		<title>Stump Grinding or Removal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are various ways to deal with tree stumps and roots, depending on how quickly you want the stump to be totally gone. True Care Inc., along with most Arborists, offer a procedure called “Stump Grinding”.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=329</link>
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		<title>Soil pH made easier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A pH of 7.0 is considered “neutral”. Soils with a pH lower than 7.0 is an acidic soil and one with a pH higher than 7.0 is alkaline.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=324</link>
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		<title>Plant Disease &#8211; Powdery Mildew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Powdery mildews appear as white or gray powdery growth on the surface of leaves in the garden. This is rarely a fatal disease however; infected plants are unsightly and can make fruit and flowers unmarketable. 
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		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=311</link>
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		<title>Heat and Drought Stress on Trees and Shrubs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plants pull moisture up and exhale it through their leaves in a process called transpiration. As temperatures climb, leaves can lose more water than the roots can absorb.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=303</link>
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		<title>Spider Mites &#8211; A truly destructive pest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Through out the year at True Care, we deal with one of the most common, and destructive pests in the garden, from the smallest flower, to the largest tree; Spider mites.  These mites are not actual “insects”.  They are more closely related to ticks and spiders.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=300</link>
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		<title>Summer Rose Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tending roses can be intimidating to people. Roses do have a bit of a reputation for being difficult. However, roses don’t have to be an ordeal.  With a just a little effort, Roses in the garden can be very rewarding. 
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		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=292</link>
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		<title>Summer Watering Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most misunderstood tasks that a gardener faces is the problem of watering. The Pacific Northwest has an abundance of rain during the winter, but summers are usually dry when plants need the water the most. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truecaretreeservice.com/tree-service-blog/?p=289</link>
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