Thanks for saving the trees. I live in a wooded subdivision with large lots (1 acre) and I had a neighbor move in next door and cut them all down because he wanted grass.
I love trees, but there are areas where the sapplings are everywhere, often huge clumps with the trees spread less than a foot apart. I like to clear and leave a minimum of six feet between them. I also like diversity, so I’ll leave some slow growers like Oak and Maple near the faster growers.
“I live in a wooded subdivision with large lots (1 acre) and I had a neighbor move in next door and cut them all down because he wanted grass.”
that’s horrifying ... unnecessarily cutting down large mature trees is nearly a sacrilege in my book ... and i’m not a tree hugger, i just love trees ... because of bouts of extreme weather (late freezes, high winds, blizzards, you name it), as well as the frigid winter climate and semi-arid rainfall, trees are difficult to grow and keep in good shape along the front range of Colorado, so there are no tree haters here, regardless of other politics ...