Tree Trimming

I love trees!

I'm very conflicted about these trees in my front yard though. 

Pros: 

-big

-established

-good shade

Cons:

-hideously ugly

-Elms (dirty tree)

-Big 

-Too close to the house

-large limbs with lots of dead in them hanging over the house.

-Been trimmed too many times by people that didn't know what they were doing

-That they are more bush (multiple trunk) than tree means the trunk stability is lower.

We've gone back and forth on what to do with the 2 trees right in front our house, and have considered just taking them out. This past year was one of the windiest years I think I ever remember and we were constantly picking up big limbs, and started to get worried that a big one was going to go through our roof, especially after this. I think 5-6 trees ended up toppling over around EskDale this past year during wind storms.  My uncle Wayne convinced me that if they were trimmed right, the trees would be worth keeping. At this point, Wayne is really the only one I trust to touch my trees, but he didn't have the time or the equipment readily available to make it happen and a tree service from Elko has been in the area so we ended up having them come work on the trees.

It seems like they did a good job, but I'm not an expert, I just know what I don't like. 😉 I did talk to the main guy and he reassured me the trees were still in pretty good shape but he would let me know if they found anything concerning, I wanted to talk more about trees, he wanted to talk about EskDale. 😁

The jury is still out as to whether or not I'll grow to like these trees but we'll at least still enjoy the shade and sleep a little easier now that the limbs over the house have been trimmed back. 😀

Just some of the branches from ONE tree. 😮

I think it's fun to watch how they do it, but I'm also known to tag along when Wayne is here watching him trim trees too. 😏

Before

After