These hedges are coming out this weekend.  They look pretty nice from a distance, but upon closer inspection they are overgrown, and patchy.  They extend over the walk by about a foot, and are also too tall.  In addition they are takign up space that could be better used to plant vegetables in the summer, since its the only area that gets full sun all day.  Heddges like this can’t be cut back because all of the foliage is on the outter inch or two, and therefore any pruning would leave just the branches behind.  Therefore the only solution is removal.