We Let Trees in Our Yard Grow Too Tall

Our wonderful little gathering of pines got wrecked when a windstorm took one of them out. It fell over snapping two other pines in the process. I had just stopped mowing because the rain and wind started. Instead of pulling the riding mower back into the garage, I pulled it under the trees. The water of the rain would not have hurt it, but the tree falling on it sure did! I called a Nassau County tree removal company to come out and cut up the fallen pines and haul them away.

After looking at the rest of the trees still standing, we decided to have all of them taken down. Those pines were just too tall to be safe in a residential neighborhood. I did not want to see them go, but they were a risk to our house and our neighbor’s house. If the trees would have fallen …