Most people I talk to do not care their Yews . specially the people I know who have buy an older home and have overgrown Yew - a - sauruses in their front yards .   Usually Yews are covering windows and views , push you off a walk with their prickly girth or entirely veil the computer architecture of your home . But here ’s the hand …

And that ’s just what I ’m doing . Some say it ca n’t be done , some say it justshouldn’tbe done . But I ca n’t imagine why not ! It ’s already here , so I do n’t have to take this one , dream up something else for its smirch , dig it in and wait for it . I just need to spend a few afternoons bloodying my hands knocking it back to where I want it . Then I ’ll just drink coffee and look . I think I ’ll be happy with the results in 2 years , but that ’s still less work than any other option !

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