It's kind of hard to see what kind of trees/bushes those are. I'll send another closer picture as soon as I get them developed. I just put up a pallet compost 'bin' in the back to the right of the white fertilizer bin and I'd like to have a cute shed back there next year.

I will see if I can crop the picture and make it closer okay?

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PattyM

I don't know if you should cut them down or not, but your home looks really nice....I like all the trees around it.... Very Private.

Oh my gosh, you have your own little heaven on earth! What a beautiful setting! It's like your own private retreat!

ND, I think you're talking to the wrong person about cutting down the trees! I love trees and always hate to think of cutting them down unless there's a really good reason for it!

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What a gorgeous home ND!

Joanne

No-No-No - I don't mean cut them down, I mean cut the tops of them down so they aren't so tall.

We had a beautiful weeping willow in the front yard but it died - had a new well dug in and they cut into the roots and last year we finally gave up on thinking it was going to survive and had to take it down. Now my front yard needs trees...not sure what to plant though.

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I'm with you, Patti...we must be Tree Huggers. lol! Maybe a little selective pruning but I hate to see mature trees taken down.

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Rosie, maybe we can start a "Tree Huggers Club". It sounds like Tammy would join too!

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Almost two years ago, my fully shaded backyard became total three-quarters sun due to the wisdom of our local power company. They came in and cut down (1) a 40yr old Silver Maple (2) a 50+yr old Sycamore and (3) a huge old Fruitless Mulberry

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Well, it's probably good wisdom on the part of the power company, now you have to use more of their power to cool your home!

Rosie, I know what kind of butcher job the power company can do on trees. They cut a lot of large branches off my mulberry tree, in the spring, about 8 years ago and the sap was running down and covering the trunk from all the wounds! It looked like it was bleeding to death and I cried every time I went into the back yard! Well, I went to the nursery and they sold me some stuff to paint on the wounds, but all the leaves still kept shriveling up and dying! By the end of summer, it was a pathetic looking sight and I figured it would be dead by spring, but I loved that tree and couldn't bear to have it cut down at that time! Best decision I ever made because in the spring it came back! Praise God!!! I didn't give up on it and neither did HE!

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"Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen!"

I must be a tree hugger too!! My neighbour cut down hundreds of trees around me when he took out his hedge rows and it totally changed my yard. I've been planting trees all over the yard ever since!!
ND farm girl- gorgeous place you've got there...save the trees!!!

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Are they italian cypress? It looks like the trees are not interfering with the roof, etc...as they look like they are set away from the house a bit. Italian cypress are commonly lopped off as you describe. Topping any true "tree" though is very very bad for the tree. It doesn't look like this is the case but you should probably ID the tree/shrub before continuing

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