AlanB
Elite Member
Hi Folks,
I have about 10+ acres of heavy wet woods with 30+ years of untouched growth and underbrush.
It stays very wet in the wet times.
I want to thin / clear some areas to make them more usable as well as thin almost all of it so that more air movement and sunshine make it too the ground with hopes of drying the ground out a bit.
The dilemma I always face is I hate to take out the wrong or too many trees as that is for all practical purposes irreversible. Then again, if I bring it equipment to do it with, a mulcher or track hoe is on the agenda, I hate to miss an opportunity while they are sitting here to get it cleared and done.
Current thoughts are to walk the woods marking trees I absolutely do not want cut. Big large stable good condition trees.
I think I will also mark anything dead (it needs to come out)
Then I will select some mid size trees, and some smaller ones probably in some form of clusters or something so that I can get through with the mowers / trucks / bush hogs.
Then cut the rest.
I am also thinking of picking some building sites and just clearing them and stacking the stuff there for burning
We also want some ponds, to help with the water problems, and will clear anything in those locations, probably paint a big circle on the ground or mark a ring of trees with ribbon.
Is there a more logical or thought out something I am missing?
Oh, and I will probably mark all the sweet gums with those dang prickly balls and just get rid of them :thumbsup: I hate those things.
Thoughts appreciated, will try and post pictures but not sure how it will come out.
I have about 10+ acres of heavy wet woods with 30+ years of untouched growth and underbrush.
It stays very wet in the wet times.
I want to thin / clear some areas to make them more usable as well as thin almost all of it so that more air movement and sunshine make it too the ground with hopes of drying the ground out a bit.
The dilemma I always face is I hate to take out the wrong or too many trees as that is for all practical purposes irreversible. Then again, if I bring it equipment to do it with, a mulcher or track hoe is on the agenda, I hate to miss an opportunity while they are sitting here to get it cleared and done.
Current thoughts are to walk the woods marking trees I absolutely do not want cut. Big large stable good condition trees.
I think I will also mark anything dead (it needs to come out)
Then I will select some mid size trees, and some smaller ones probably in some form of clusters or something so that I can get through with the mowers / trucks / bush hogs.
Then cut the rest.
I am also thinking of picking some building sites and just clearing them and stacking the stuff there for burning
We also want some ponds, to help with the water problems, and will clear anything in those locations, probably paint a big circle on the ground or mark a ring of trees with ribbon.
Is there a more logical or thought out something I am missing?
Oh, and I will probably mark all the sweet gums with those dang prickly balls and just get rid of them :thumbsup: I hate those things.
Thoughts appreciated, will try and post pictures but not sure how it will come out.