"Greg Miller" wrote in message
om...
I've got some kind of pine tree in front of my house, which shades the
light into my dining room. It's basically a huge Christmas, very thick
and bushy, and about 15 ft tall and almost as wide.

I want to reduce it to a manageable size (maybe in half). If I take
such drastic measures, and reduce the tree to the woody framework,
will I have any foliage at all next year?

No. Pines and most other conifers will not sprout new growth from bare wood.
And if you remove all the foliage, the tree will die.

Hire a qualified arborist and have the tree thinned. Otherwise, consider
removal and replace with something more suitable in size and light
dispersal.

pam - gardengal