The Beginning, Almost

Our backyard is scary to some but the dogs love it and on a hot summer day it's the coolest place on the property.  It's scary because 26 large pine trees, three dogwoods, a maple, and numerous shrubs make their home within 2 to 30 feet of our house.  The border of our backyard is defined by a chain link fence a prior owner had installed so her dogs could go out and play.  We thought it was a fine use and declared the back yard the dogs domain.  

Then something happened and our plans changed.  We had 26 pines and two dogwoods cut down. Ouch.