From time to time I like to climb up on my soapbox, so here goes. When will people learn that topping trees is wrong? Topping is one of the worst things that can ever be done to a tree. If there were ...

If a bad haircut was fatal, you would be very choosy about your hairstyle. But each year, hundreds of homeowners have their trees pruned by topping, a horticultural “bad haircut” that shortens the ...