"George" wrote in message
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Hi

I am looking for some advice.

We have some silver birch trees growing on some waste ground at the rear
of
our garden, they have now grown to such a height that they are spoiling
our
view.

I don't want to cut them down however I would prefer that they didn't get
any bigger, in fact I would prefer them to be 6'to 10'smaller!!

Question is, if I go up with a ladder and just cut off the top could this
kill the tree? Will this stunt its growth? Is this the right time of the
year?

Any advice or comments welcome

An extremely novice gardener

George



Thanks for the advice.

I do know who owns the ground and I don't think they will bother, however I
don't want to spend money on someone else's trees nevertheless they are
starting to become a nuisance

I was hoping to furtively just lop a bit of the top but didn't want to kill
them.

I suppose if I go and ask them to do something about the trees they also
will not want to spend money and I will have alerted them to my problem and
they would probably notice if thier trees suddenly become 10'shorter.

Another one of life's dilemmas!!!! Ho Hum.

George