My Neighbors Cut Down My Trees for a Better View—So I Closed the Only Road to Their Luxury Homes

to say.

“You plant them knowing someone else might enjoy them more than you.”

The other three trees had already been there when we bought the property.

Older than the house.

Older than me.

Together, all six had formed a wall of green along the eastern boundary.

They gave us shade.

Privacy.

Protection.

They were part of the landscape itself.

Now they were gone.continue reading …