This is also climate dependent, though. Most of CT, VT, MA, NY, PA, NH, ME are essentially tactless forests separated by small meadows. Where I grew up in CT, i

This is also climate dependent, though. Most of CT, VT, MA, NY, PA, NH, ME are essentially tactless forests separated by small meadows. Where I grew up in CT, if we did not prune the forest, it would encroach about 5-10ft/year into our lawns. if you truly didn't mow, it might have been twice or three times that. Also when I grew up we'd make burn piles once a year to burn all the deadwood that came down around the property. It was often impossible to light those piles of wood without kerosene since everything was so wet. I think a lot of the forest living is inspired by places like VT and CT where building in a forest is fine and safe. In the middle of a pine forest in northern CA is a totally different ecosystem and can't be treated the same.