My husband is so cool..

[M&M's Mommy]

By the way - why in the world would you want to cut them down? We planted one 30+ years ago that was bought with a root ball (squat, fat and really rather ugly) - it was our Christmas tree that year. We planted it after the holidays and it is now a huge (50+ feet) beautiful specimen that towers over the top of the house. Trees ADD value to your property. Maybe you'll change your mind and leave them when you see how beautiful they are!

We love our pines and plan to keep them as long as possible.. but since we live in the part of California where land is scarce.. and we planted 7 in our front yard!. When they outgrow the available space and post a threat to the driveway or foundation of the home, we'll have to cut them down..

but they told us that normally pine trees are havested at about 8 years.. so we thought we'd be able to enjoy these trees for at least 10 years or so.. by that time, we'd cut them down and plant something else in their places.

[pomtzu]

We love our pines and plan to keep them as long as possible.. but since we live in the part of California where land is scarce.. and we planted 7 in our front yard!. When they outgrow the available space and post a threat to the driveway or foundation of the home, we'll have to cut them down..

but they told us that normally pine trees are havested at about 8 years.. so we thought we'd be able to enjoy these trees for at least 10 years or so.. by that time, we'd cut them down and plant something else in their places.

Here's a pic of the little ugly one planted so many years ago. It was REALLY beautiful before they had to cut the bottom branches off when we put on the addition last year. It was either that or cut the whole thing down - and I said 'NO WAY'!!!