[jyl]

I am always puzzled why developers will take wooded land, cut down every last tree and twig, build their houses, and then plant puny little saplings.

I can understand it if they are putting up a dense neighborhood of over-sized houses jammed together with no room for anything but a sapling.

But if they are building normal size houses on normal size lots, why not leave some big healthy trees and build around them? The trees will add value to the finished homes.