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Cut English ivy on tree trunks at the base and leave the vines above to die on the bark. Do not pull them off, because that can peel bark and snap limbs.
Brown bags on Leyland cypress in October are evergreen bagworms full of eggs, not seed cones. Cut them off through early spring, since a spray usually misses and stripped wood will not grow new needles.
A tree near power lines in Waxhaw NC raises one question first: which wire is it? The line along the road is your utility's to clear. The service line from the pole to your meter is yours. Both Duke Energy and Union Power will de-energize or drop that service line free of charge, and that, not a pole saw, is the answer to a limb on the wire.
