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Recent Forestry Mulching Projects

There is a Pond Down There

A Hilltop Meadow Requiring Harvest Cleanup

There is a Pond Down There

This project  located in Pomfret  VT the home owners are trying to sell the house,  It has lovely views  with a fantastic swimming pond.  The issue the pond was not visible from the house.

The Pond Revealed

A Hilltop Meadow Requiring Harvest Cleanup

There is a Pond Down There

Same view  with the trees removed.  A challenge because the slope was 30-35 degrees  with only a 15'  buffer around the pond.  One had to pay attention while working or risk backing off the slope into 12' of water.

A Hilltop Meadow Requiring Harvest Cleanup

A Hilltop Meadow Requiring Harvest Cleanup

A Hilltop Meadow Requiring Harvest Cleanup

In Springfield VT  the owner had the property logged   and years pasted  wanting cleanup.  Searching under pasture restoration and forestry consultant provided a solution in forestry mulching.

Cleanup Complete

Forestry mulching an alternative to costly traditional clearing methods

A Hilltop Meadow Requiring Harvest Cleanup

All stumps ranging in size from 8 - 24" were ground to surface.  All dead falls and slash was mulched.  A conservation seed was then cast over the ground to promote the growth of a highland field.

Forestry mulching an alternative to costly traditional clearing methods

Forestry mulching an alternative to costly traditional clearing methods

Forestry mulching an alternative to costly traditional clearing methods

Utilizing forestry mulching equipment can make quick work of storm damage.  In the case of this project Storms can do strange things.  These trees were all blown down in a concentrated micro-burst.  The terrain is steep and all the logs. trees, are in a tangled mess.  Our client seen here negotiating the steep terrain wants to  reclaim  horse pasture extending his horse fencing , but  can't because  of the trees.  We were called in to clean up the mess.  Create a fence line ROW and reclaim the field.   The homeowners wife was afraid her husband would get hurt working in these conditions.

Fence Line Defined

Forestry mulching an alternative to costly traditional clearing methods

Forestry mulching an alternative to costly traditional clearing methods

The  once  entangled  mess of  broken tree,  large stumps  and  overgrowth is  tamed.  Leaving a nice mulch  which was spread over the entire area.  A fence  line can be defined and  the fence can now be extended  enclosing  the pasture.

More forestry mulching projects

Flood Water Cleanup

Mulching as Seen Through the Cab

Mulching as Seen Through the Cab

Cleanup after the waters receded

Mulching as Seen Through the Cab

Mulching as Seen Through the Cab

Mulching as Seen Through the Cab

 A 10" log left behind by the flood

The Results

Mulching as Seen Through the Cab

A Pasture Restoration Before

10" log eliminated 

A Pasture Restoration Before

Same Pasture Restoration After

A Pasture Restoration Before

This  pasture has been allowed to grow unchecked for 15 years.  It was  overgrown with many invasive species  inclusive of Buckthorn,  Multiflora Rose, stands of Poplar and pines and an assortment of brush.

Ascending a Hillside

Same Pasture Restoration After

Same Pasture Restoration After

Hillside  underbrush cleanup benefits a pasture restoration

Same Pasture Restoration After

Same Pasture Restoration After

Same Pasture Restoration After

 Same Pasture  after  it was mulched  of  Buckthorn,  Multiflora Rosa ,  Pine Trees  and scrub brush.

Slope & Restoration Projects

Slope Before Restoration

Slope Before Restoration

Slope Before Restoration

Our customer had unsightly backyard slope which he had hired countless landscape contractors who said they could mow slope.  The slope on this project was 28 degrees.  Finding out about a local forestry consultant helped him resolve the issue.

Many Obstacles Abound

Slope Before Restoration

Slope Before Restoration

 Access to the backyard was limited.  Some rocks prove to be bigger than they appear at 1st, but not an issue.  Moved and regraded providing a new architectural feature to the landscape.

A Stream Ran Under It

Slope Before Restoration

Hillside Restoration Complete

Getting across a stream can be a challenge especially when we are looking to tread lightly.  This bridge represents a 40' span.  

Hillside Restoration Complete

Equestrian Pasture Restoration in Progress

Hillside Restoration Complete

 A project complete with the desired view the customer was seeking.  A landscape now easily maintained.  Thanks to the help of a forestry consultant.

Equestrian Pasture Restoration in Progress

Equestrian Pasture Restoration in Progress

Equestrian Pasture Restoration in Progress

 Year’s of heavy growth encroaching on pasture.  No match for our slope mower.  These  slopes are 30 degrees.  Even in areas where conventional tractors would bog down creating heavy rutting our tractor has incredible float.  Keeping traction and maneuverability on  extreme  slope, tight areas, and where the ground is wet.

Equestrian Pasture Restored

Equestrian Pasture Restoration in Progress

Equestrian Pasture Restoration in Progress

 Same area as preceding picture shows the immediate transformation.

Invasive SPECIES & Control

Barberry

Japanese Knotweed

Multiflora Rose

 It was introduced as an ornamental to the United States in the 1860s. Roots and stems have high berberine content. As an exotic invasive shrub it has invaded open woods, woodland borders, pastures, fields, waste lots, abandoned building and house lots, roadsides, and natural area paths.  Its primary issue is it harbors  and attracts the  ticks carrying Lyme Disease.  The plant has no natural predictors which will eat it.  It has a sharp spine thorn and leather gloves are recommended.   The plant grows equally as well in shade or sun.  The best ways to eliminate it is to dig it up, burn it or repeated mulching.  We mulch and sub-soil the root structure shredding it.    Every time you cut the top off, you force the plant to sprout which reduces the root reserves and weakens the plant.  In some cases it gets sprayed with a herbicide after the mulching process.  We do not use Roundup.

Multiflora Rose

Japanese Knotweed

Multiflora Rose

Working with your forester they then contact forestry consultant who utilizes forestry mulching an an alternative to controlling invasive species. Multiflora rose is a large, dense shrub that has escaped from ornamental and conservation plantings to become a serious invasive plant problem across the eastern half of the U.S. It invades natural areas, pastures, and light gaps in forests. Multiflora rose produces abundant small white flowers in the spring. Birds and mammals consume the red fruits, called hips, and may disperse them long distances. Plants grow slowly for the first one or two years followed by rapid expansion through layering and root sprouts. Multiflora rose spreads quickly and may grow 1 to 2 feet per week to form impenetrable thickets of thorny stems.   Large bunches being mowed by a brush hog will damage the equipment,  Instead we recommend to mulch and sub-soil the root structure shredding it.    Every time its  top is cut off, it forces the plant to sprout which reduces the root reserves and weakens the plant.  We have found this quite effective.  

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese Knotweed

Barberry Infestation Mulched

 This plant is an upright, shrubby, herbaceous, woody-appearing perennial reaching heights of 10 to 15 feet. Knotweed spreads rapidly, forming dense thickets that crowd and shade out native vegetation.  Their root structure is extremely prolific.  Once established, populations of Japanese Knotweed are extremely persistent and hard to remove. They have been unknown to grow through black top parking lots.

Barberry Infestation Mulched

Common Reed & Multiflora Rose

Barberry Infestation Mulched

This hillside was infested with overgrown  Barberry.  The entire area was mulched  then a conservation seed was put down  not  as an effort to  turning it into hillside meadows, but rather  to mitigate  the  return  of  other invasive  species.

To maintain the area  a brush hog  or flail  mower  will work well.

Multiflora Rose Mulched

Common Reed & Multiflora Rose

Common Reed & Multiflora Rose

The same area in above picture.  It consisted of approximately 15 acres of a Multiflora Rose infestation.  Some of the bushes were upwards of 15' tall and 12' across.  Trying to dig them out would have been futile.  Their stocks would have destroyed a tractor drawn brush hog.  Utilizing a forestry mulcher  and sub-soiling the root structure made quick work of the infestation.  Routine cutting with a brush hog can now control their return.

Common Reed & Multiflora Rose

Common Reed & Multiflora Rose

Common Reed & Multiflora Rose

We have not  had opportunity  to work on  Japanese Knotweed, but we have worked with Common Reed and  Phragmites . 

In this picture  we  are in the process  of mowing the reeds down  as well as eliminating  multiflora  rose.   To not control  the growth of both will make the pond  inaccessible  to livestock  and humans.

Mowing & Mulching Projects Thru the Seasons

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    The process of cleaning up logs

    Cleaning up a dead fall with 309 excavator and Shark 30” masticator.

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