Tree Trimming

The honey locust tree in our front yard, placed purposely outside our kitchen window 25 year ago, quickly became one of our favorite trees.

This is a view of the front of our house in 1994.
You can see the honey locust tree, one of the three spruce trees and a maple tree in the back that we planted when we moved in, in 1994.
This photo is from the same viewpoint as above in 2020, after the locust was trimmed.

We planted several trees in our yard back then, and we are very happy we did.  They were small trees, and now they have grown to be very large trees! A realtor once said the best kind of tree is the one planted 20 years ago.

The honey locust before it’s big trim.

But many branches of our beloved locust tree have been slowing dying in the past few years so we needed to decide if we cut it down… or trim the dead branches off and hope it starts growing again. We had a hard time thinking of cutting it down so we chose the latter. 

The dead branches on the honey locust.

It was interesting to see three workers and two huge trucks show up at our house. One truck settled into the driveway. It had a cherry picker bucket that hoisted one guy towards the tops of the trees to start cutting the dead wood.

Trimming the honey locust.

Two guys went at the trees fast and furious and seemed to know what they were doing (we only hope!). Another worker piled up the branches for the other truck to extend an arm with a claw and pick up all the debris then haul it away. 

Our newly trimmed honey suckle, looking good in the evening sun.

And since the tree trimmer was coming we decided to have our crabapple tree get a good trim too.

The crabapple tree before it’s major trim.
The crabapple tree after its trim.

I had an errand to run so I left before the workers were done and I came home to a cleaned up yard and two smartly trimmed trees about 45 minutes later.

Our honey locust, trimmed. I think my flower bed is back to a sun garden…

We will hope it isn’t too much of a shock for our honey locust and that it will start thriving again.

6 thoughts on “Tree Trimming”

  1. What a difference 25 years makes in growth. I would never have recognized that as your house. I hope all turns out well with the trees.

    Our neighbor had his dead ash tree cut down on Sunday. So happy to have that gone as I didn’t like how it leaned toward our property. Unfortunately, the tree service damaged a panel in our fence. So now that needs either repair or replacement.

    1. I cannot even believe 26 years have past since we moved into this house, and moved to Northfield. It was a good decision.

      It’s always nice when the neighbors keep up their yards. There is a dead tree in our back neighbors lot.
      (Sorry your fence was damaged though.)

  2. Wow, what a beautiful addition trees make! Your yard is so happy when I come. It looks a bit like a park to me. That is what a home is to me–a place where you create beauty and warmth that you can enjoy and use as a refuge. Beautiful, Valerie!

  3. Valerie – I remember what a beautiful yard you have and how wise it is to trim a tree rather than cut it down. Both trees are looking good and it is wonderful that you will be able to enjoy them for years to come!

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