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Liz Pelletier carries a wreath Wednesday she made at Small’s Greenhouse on Summer Street in Auburn. “We get most of our clippings from the Rangeley area as they usually get an early frost. We wait for at least two frosts before clipping the trees to allow the needles to set, otherwise they will start falling off within a few days,” said owner Mike Small. He and co-workers assembled 850 wreaths from three tons of balsam clippings. Wreaths will be available for wholesale and retail this coming weekend. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalMike Small bunches balsam clippings Wednesday morning at his shop, Small’s Greenhouse, on Summer Street in Auburn. “We get most of our clippings from the Rangeley area as they usually get an early frost,” he said. “We wait for at least two frosts before clipping the trees to allow the needles to set, otherwise they will start falling off within a few days.” He and co-workers assembled 850 wreaths from three tons of balsam clippings. Wreaths will be available for wholesale and retail this weekend. Russ Dillingham/Sun JournalLiz Pelletier, right, and Cathy Calden assemble wreaths Wednesday morning at Small’s Greenhouse on Summer Street in Auburn. “We get most of our clippings from the Rangeley area as they usually get an early frost,” owner Mike Small said. “We wait for at least two frosts before clipping the trees to allow the needles to set, otherwise they will start falling off within a few days.” He and co-workers assembled 850 wreaths from three tons of balsam clippings. Wreaths will be available for wholesale and retail this weekend. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...
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