Oh! They look just like the giant round yews I used to have on the corners of my house. One yew in the yard was removed after we moved in by my very useful DH and I hemmed and hawed and thought about what to do with the others since I didn't want to see DH destroy his back. Well, I finally decided that I didn't want huge bare spots next to the house and have to put something else there anyway. So I went with the major trimming and I really like the result. HERE'S WHAT I DID: I would NOT recommend cutting them back to 2 feet even though eventually they will grow back. The trimming can be done in stages so you are not left with a bare stump. 1) You can cut back the bush hard all over as far as the green goes to leave some green showing. I did this first. Yours look much too tall like mine were. 2) Then, if you look inside the yews, you can see that there is basically a trunk with radiating branches and the green is mostly on the ends of the branches. What I did was to trim off all the lower radiating branches and leave the top of the bush green. The result will be a vase shaped bush. I wanted to make mine narrower to keep off the house siding and because they were blocking the path. The trunk and branches are actually quite attractive and the top can be rounded or shaped naturally or done like topiary if you want. This left a lot of room underneath the bush where I can plant bulbs or anything else. The yew roots don't seem like they are too thick or shallow for other plants. This will let you keep the shrubs, make them smaller, trim them away from the house, and plant more plants in front of them. If you would like a photo, email me and I'll see if I can figure it out. I just dropped in on this forum for a minute, but had to respond. Susan

Because the fence will restrict air flow, you need 9 sq ft for each of the hyb teas, 12 for the floribunda. That adds up to 52 sq ft. throw in 4 or five feet for the shade from the tree over the next few years. With a 60 sq ft bed (6x10), you are out of room. I'm can't say I've ever met a true gardener that didn't need more space.

yes the order is important, you want to start up in this order power up the modem let it get fully lit, power up the router let it get fully lit, then power up the main pc fully then any other computers. and the rule of thumb is to wait about 5 mins downtime, from what I understand that gives time for your ISP to refresh your IP. Anytime my power goes out I also make sure when it comes back to power up in that order also. glad you were able to get things going right again.

Adjust your computer's "Zoom" feature down a bit using the custom button. For usual forum thread using, I have mine set on 103% which is more than adequate for just about everything on the GW forums, but when a thread gets the right side wording cut off, I lower the % to 95 to get it all. You can zoom up or down whenever necessary.