To Add, You Must Subtract

Part One: On the Power of Pruning

The best-kept yard I’ve ever seen—the Portland Japanese Garden.

There’s no easy way to put this, so I’ll just come out and say it: Your landscaping needs serious work. And before you get defensive and tell me why I’m wrong, just hear me out.

When I was a much smaller, younger me, I was put to work for my allowance by my father in the yard. When I was roug…