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Tom the trimmer
June 15, 2007
Pruning time

With most of the vegetables finally in and the woodchuck remaining scarce, I have been turning to pruning. Pruning is the selective removal of branches to improve the health and appearance of trees and shrubs.

It is not shearing, which is usually done with electric trimmers to turn plants into unnatural shapes and is a crime against nature.

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Tom Atwell has written the Maine Gardener column in the Maine Sunday Telegram since the spring of 2004. He has worked at the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram since 1974, about the same time he started gardening with any seriousness.

He gardens with his wife, Nancy. She not only is the better gardener of the pair, but also knows the botanical names of plants. They have two grown children and three grandchildren.

Tom was born in Skowhegan, grew up in Farmington and graduated from the University of Maine with a BA in journalism. His goal each year is to have continuous compost from his three compost bins, continuous bloom in his low-maintenance garden and more fruits and vegetables on his family table than the garden pests eat in the field.



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