Gutters

I had to clean out the gutters yesterday. What a job! Our gutters attract pine needles and leaves from all directions. Even the gutter on the front of the house fills up; where there is only one pine tree on the far end of the house. That section of the roof is peaked so the gutter doesn't really come near it. Yet, it still gets enough pine needles in it to clog it and keep it filled with water. I like having trees around the house but I'm thinking at least two of the five pine trees on our property must go. There are another three or four more pine trees that contribute to the problem but they are just off our property and on an easement so I doubt I'll ever do anything about them and I really don't want the township to take them down either. The good thing is that I should not have to clean the gutters out again until fall. But, once I do that in the fall, which is usually at least twice, pine needles still fall throughout winter and by March or April I need to clean them again. If you ever want to get the future owner (like 15 years from now) of your home mad, plant some pine trees today.