I don't want to sound sentimental, but that's how I'm feeling as I said goodbye to trees in our front yard today. Our house looks naked without them. We had a Bradford Pear tree that had split (twice) and was a major hazard. It was positioned to fall on and crush our neighbor's apple tree (and take down the power lines in the process). That one had to go. Two other trees were just too close to the house and I was concerned about the roots against the house foundation. Even though I know it was the right decision, it still made me sad.
The upside is now I get to fantasize about trees to plant as replacements. I pulled out our landscape plan that we did about 10 years ago (and haven't done much with it since, since the plan included $50K of plantings and hardscaping). It calls for white dogwoods, carolina hemlocks and a ginkgo tree. I look forward to clothing our home once again.
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