• Wonders

    Pruning Makes Me Cringe

    Pruning makes me cringe. Why would you cut back something growing so wild and free?! When we were living in Asia there was always someone on the streets or on the campus pruning away – cutting back limbs, shaping bushes, etc. The place was immaculate in terms of gardens (not always in other terms.Ha!). It would frustrate me sometimes. In the fall gardeners would literally shake the trees until all the pretty oranges, reds and yellows fell and then they SWEPT THEM UP and took them away. . . “Wait, wait! Come back with my fall! (cry face)” Pruning makes me cringe and those gardeners took it too far –…