Where are you located and how much room is on your side of the fence?

tj

The one to the left has dead branches here and there so maybe the now stump like one was having the same problem. With the parts that were cut off being dead beforehand as well. (The distribution of the cuts made would tend to support this idea). All you can do is plant a hedge or do other screening on your own land. Keeping in mind that the installation of relief providing elements where you are looking from rather than near where the unwanted view is is the most effective and efficient. Due to how perspective works.

Thanks. I am located in Easton, PA and have around 20-25 ft of grass space on my side of the fence not including the deck.

So the question becomes can you talk to neighbor about just taking them all the way down or how much of your side yard do you care about losing? A privacy hedge will eat up much of your depth pretty quickly.

Again a wall of green along the fence line may not be the only or preferred option. Among various things you can do on your own lot.

Do you think there’s a chance that tree can grow some green in the future?

Depends on what's wrong with it. And the other two look like they are diminishing also, so it doesn't seem likely that the one in the middle is going to bounce back.

I might consider a screen for the deck to hide the view.

I mean we do like the view. Just may have to see if it blooms some green on it. Otherwise, we can ask the neighbor if we can just chop it down

how about a trellis fence topper? it would camoflouge the tree and brown part of their yard, but not feel too closed in.

it looks like your existing fence is in good shape, so maybe the trellis can be added on to it.

Neighbor's yard is a farm field. It can even be seen that it had been cultivated before the truck(s) came to work on the trees, packed part of the field soil down as an incidental part of the process.

no tree dies simply from pruning.. even if it is butchered ... you have to actively kill a healthy tree . .like applying a stump killer on a fresh cut .. so that the roots will be killed ..

you will now in a few weeks whether the trees will bud out for spring ...

second .. these arent healthy trees.. so who knows if they will recover ...

do you use that strip of lawn for anything.. bocci court or something???

if not. plant a red bud and other smaller tree .... and in a few years.. you wont even see your fence ... but if you like the field view.. just enjoy it ... part of your problem. is that the deck is elevated ... so trees are about the only solution ... if you work out at the fence line.. then you have extra years of requisite growth ... to overcome the deck height .. before it starts blocking anything...

i would not pay money to hire a company to landscape the neighbors yard.. for anything ...

btw.. are there power lines up above.. this reminds me of a utility company job .. lol .. had i been there .. i would have suggest they remove the trees completely .. if the neighbor would have allowed.. the utilities usually go for that. because they know they will never have to deal with them again ... that would be about all i would discuss with the neighbor .. unless you do have a good prior relationship ...

ken

Thanks Ken. That’s a good idea. No power lines. Just trees. Maybe coming up with some good landscaping is the trick

Those look like native trees that came up decades ago and have reached the end of their lives. Taking them out completely view, search here and online for narrow yard landscaping ideas.