Over Run With Trees

We bought a home a number of years ago.  There were 3 larger ergreens and about 5 other trees of varying types.  This is not to mention the many bushes.  We couldn’t walk our backyard without shoes because of the needles and our infant children had to be kept in a blanket because the sap got all over their clothes, hands and knees. We had to remove the majority of the trees as they were too big for the lot. I think the previous owners underestimated how big they would grow or did not intend to enjoy the back yard in the same way as our young boys used it.  If the bylaw prohibiting tree removal were in place then we would have had to move in order to find a home where our kids could run around the yard.