Building beautiful homes outside of Israel: Is there a mitzvah?

It's not enough to just live and work on an abandoned piece of land- what else is required?

Is it permissible to plant trees or flowers in a Jewish cemetery/on the graves themselves?

When the public use a private property as a shortcut, can that right be taken away from them?

Is the earth round or flat and what this has to do with the prohibition to build Temple vessels in the dimensions of the original

The deeper spiritual message of the baby bird who hops away from its nest

Is someone allowed to say they don't mind the damage?

Reasonable protesting of neighbors making noise

When is opening a competing business near a pre-exisiting one allowed and when is it prohibited?

What kind of noise may one make on their property that is considered reasonable and what is protestable?