Most pines drop their bottom branches with age. If you want to accelerate
the process, try pruning the lowest branches off first.
"Greg Miller" wrote in message
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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?