As of this morning our house and yard will no longer have any shade. We have been fortunate enough to reap the rewards of the large trees growing in our neighbor's back and side yards. They provided shade for the kitchen and den and some shade in the backyard for the boys when on the swings and in the sandbox in the early half of the day.
Yesterday we got home and found a note on the door to call our neighbor. Dave called and was informed that they were going to be cutting down the two trees in his backyard and the one on the side yard this morning. They arrived at 8:30 this morning and began the work. It is now 9:30 and the one on the side is already cut down and my kitchen is so much brighter now.
The pros to the situation are that my den will be warmer in the winter (but hotter in the summer) and we may have more success with grass growing in the one bare spot in the backyard.
I really hate to see trees getting cut down as I love the green foliage; we may just need to plant a tree in our yard somewhere to make up for the loss.
2 comments:
I'm with you on the tree issue. I go into a cold sweat when I hear people talking about cutting them down, especially if it's in our neighborhood. But, we will be losing two ash trees from our front yard in the next year or so as we await the coming of the green ash borer which has totally destroyed ash trees in Michigan. One is a beautiful Rose Ash that we planted when Alex was a baby so it's been in our yard 25 years. It's lush and green, towers above the house and turns a beautiful golden yellow then copper color in the fall. We'll miss it sorely.
you know i thought i commented on this but obviously i didn't. how nice of your neighbor to at least let you know they were cutting it down. i love the pro of the den being warmer in the winter... that's great if us californians come & visit during winter... that is if we're welcome at your house again. :-)
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