Tree Removal

Last week Tal and I had four trees removed around our house. The trees were 20 years old. They were touching our roof and had grown too tall to maintain safely without professional help. We are going to plant smaller shrubs that are easier and safer to maintain. 

Tree #1

On the left side of our house, we had the tree next to Tal's truck removed. It was competing with our neighbor's tree and was in danger of falling on Tal's truck during a storm. (Tal's truck doesn't fit in our garage, so he has to park in the driveway.)

After

Before

After

Tree #2

We also removed a tree in the front right corner of our house:

Trees #3 and #4

Finally, we removed two trees in the back right corner of our house. Over the next few weeks, we will be pressure washing the side of our house to remove the green grime:

The tree company mulched up our trees and ground up the stumps and then dumped the 4-5 truckloads of mulch from our trees on our driveway.  Yesterday Tal and I spread 2/3 of the mulch in our backyard and plan to spread the rest this week.