When we first moved to our current house, the pine trees in the back yard were a hot mess. In fact, it was clear the previous home owners paid no attention to keeping their yard trimmed back – even the hedge shrubs were about six feet tall.
The first thing we did was trimmed them to about 4 feet tall. We didn’t want them so high that someone could hide behind them since our place is somewhat isolated. After that all the trees were trimmed up so that we could walk underneath them without a branch hitting our heads.
Take a walk in a local park and observe … you’ll see that you can walk under trees and even magnolias, pines, evergreens, etc. can look gorgeous when their branches are not growing so that they touch the ground. Though it’s a lot of hard work, trimming trees up will give your yard the “park-like” appearance.
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