Probably not the right forum

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2. We live in an old growth oak forest and have 21 trees over 20 ft tall on our 1/3 acre, 2 over 30.

We had 27, but 2 were dangerous and had to be removed and 2 got hit by the neighbors' tree falling on them and broke apart so had to be cut down. I hate having to remove any trees at all and we do our best to preserve ours. We have 2 now that are laurel oaks and don't live as long and they are dead/dying at 75 and very close to the house. They are also right in amongst a bunch of wires, so really expensive to remove. We got the tree guys to trim those 2 so the canopy was away from the house to make them less dangerous, but we do need to have them removed. I just hate to do it and of course would never do it in the spring! It will take out so much shade and our house will be more expensive to cool - which is a big consideration when you live in FL. Sigh.

So we keep putting off getting the 2 dead/dying trees down because we love the present environment where our hydrangeas get the perfect amount of shade and early sun, but know we will have to pull the trigger sooner rather than later with the climate changed superfueled storms that are predicted to come.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a crystal ball?