{"product_id":"cass-turnbulls-guide-to-pruning-what-when-where-how-to-prune-for-a-more-beautiful-garden-9781570617515","title":"Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning: What, When, Where \u0026 How to Prune for a More Beautiful Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003ePrune trees, shrubs, and other plants with the knowledge that will make your plants grow in healthy and aesthetic ways\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering 160 plants with clear instructions and illustrations, Cass Turnbull will show you exactly how to prune any plant in your garden. This 3rd Edition of \u003ci\u003eCass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning\u003c\/i\u003e covers more than twenty additional plants in three new chapters. The result is the new definitive guide for the home gardener with friendly, expert advice from Cass Turnbull, founder of Seattle's PlantAmnesty, whose mission is \"to end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are ten commandments for preventing mal-pruning and other gardening sins: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ten Gardener Commandments\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. Thou shalt not shear thy bush.\u003cbr\u003e2. Thou shalt not top thy tree.\u003cbr\u003e3. Thou shalt not plant thy sun-lover in the shade, nor thy shade-lover in the sun.\u003cbr\u003e4. Thou shalt mulch.\u003cbr\u003e5. Thou shalt not leave stubs.\u003cbr\u003e6. Thou shalt not flush cut, neither shalt thou paint wounds.\u003cbr\u003e7. Thou shalt not cover up the base of thy plant, or thy tree, or thy shrub. Neither with mulch, nor with soil, nor with any landscape material.\u003cbr\u003e8. Thou shalt cut circling\/girdling roots.\u003cbr\u003e9. Thou shalt not compact the root zone of thy tree, nor trench near the trunk of thy tree.\u003cbr\u003e10. Thou shalt not weed-whip the trunk of thy tree, nor bash it with thine mower, nor leave anything tied on thy tree or the branches of thy tree, as is done in the land of the philistines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sasquatch Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570617515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 7.24w x 0.89d","brand":"Cass Turnbull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660067139740,"sku":"9781570617515","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0f42b9c2-4097-43e0-83cc-3ebd87cc4d8c.jpg?v=1603896065","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cass-turnbulls-guide-to-pruning-what-when-where-how-to-prune-for-a-more-beautiful-garden-9781570617515","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}