You can prune all your trees right now or whenever you feel like it. No need to prune dormant or non-dormant -- it really doesn't matter too much. Anytime from now through July is just fine. I cut all my baby trees back real hard at planting time and in each of two seasons since, and they all turned out fine and better structured because of it. You can delay pruning until leaf-out if you want to know where your dead wood is -- not a bad idea. But if you know of any dead wood, you can cut it out right now. Rule of thumb is to prune no more than 30% of the total wood per year. But if you should decide to prune a little more than that, I wouldn't worry about it and I promise your tree won't die. It will just look a little odd for a year or two or three while it re-establishes itself, that's all. You can do this at any time from the cold of winter through about July. Don't be afraid. Just do it. You and your trees will both be happier for it.

mr_subjunctive, Many thanks for your reply & link. I think that you are correct & I am very impressed with your knowledge! I'd better keep this baby inside! :)

Thanks for that pic of the Lady Banks. We had considered that also. The only reason we are reluctant to go that route is the HOA makes it so your plants have to be exclusively on your side of the fence, so I was worried about containment and I would not be able to grow them on the fence, I would have to put up some sort of trellis to for them to climb up a few feet from the white picket "barrier" fence. They almost treat the fence as an easement of sorts, because some have put up traditional block walls for privacy but they have to be about 3 feet behind the white picket fence. I like the Arizona Cypress, but on the flip side it might be a little too massive. There is a place down the road that has something that seems like it would work well, and it very well might be Arizona Cypress... they look like Italian Cypress but not in the slender spires, but much fatter and pyramidal. What throws me off is some of the pictures I've seen online show a more grey color tree with a "branchy" (not very dense) look, and some show them as green like Italian Cypress with a much more dense fill to them like Italian Cypress. So I'm not sure what the more appropriate examples or if some pics are even misidentified. I will investigate it further though. The Sumac is a nice tree and I would not be surprised if we added a couple at some point (the backyard area has over 1/2 acre that basically consists of grass and rock, no trees or bushes). To create a true barrier from the ground up I think I need more of a "bushy" option that covers all the way to ground level. Thanks for all the ideas so far. I am going to pull the trigger in about a week once, and leave time for any other suggestions. Right now I'm leaning towards the Japanese Privets (any other good privet for AZ?). The AZ Cypress is also on the short list if it is what I have seen at a nearby property like I described above. Thanks again!

See Table One below. Typical home dehumidifiers have much larger capacity than the maximum you need, so will work very efficiently to remove sufficient moisture to bring relative humidity (rh) below 50%. Here is a link that might be useful: Choosing a Dehumidifier