Look before you lop!

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. With the start of spring in full swing, and the last, lingering threat of winter's frost a steadily fading memory, gardeners everywhere are taking to the sunshine just beyond their front doors, and they've got yard maintenance on their minds! Spring is a wonderful time to finish up (or begin, for you busy working-folk!) your yearly yard grooming, as many bushes, garden plants and lawns are ready and waiting for some much-needed attention! It's the perfect time to freshen up flower beds, plant a vegetable garden, and trim back those bushes and tree limbs that have begun to outgrow your fence-line. However, before you go out and start trimming things ba