"Cindy" wrote in message
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cat daddy wrote:
That's a great story, and I completely understand your Dad. When the
flies come, I eye the chainsaw with bad thoughts........... It also
shades the front garden from the west, and I did accommodate it when
I roofed the deck and framed around its branches. But that just means
rotten fruit on the clear Lexan panels and the squirrels don't put a
dent in its production. Love/hate you say? Yeah, I got it...

Hmmm....I'm thinking about uprooting that baby that's coming up next to
the
house. I don't even know where it came from, but there's one coming up
about two feet from the house in the back yard. Is that too close for
this
size of tree? It's not in front of a window or anything, just back toward
the corner in an empty spot.

I would say it's too close. It grows 15-20 tall. I don't think the tree
would mind and it tolerates pruning well, so you just have to consider the
fruit thumping on the roof and shaping it to grow away from the house. Can
you transplant it further out?