08/10/2026
Spent the last 2 days cleaning up this 5 acre hillside timber. It was steep and rough so the pace was slow, the trees were tight and the understory was thick with a lot of previously girdled trees laying on the ground. This is the 1st phase of cleaning this timber, the next step will be to girdle or hack and sq**rt the undesireable trees that couldn't be mulched. Opening up the tree canopy allowing sunlight to reach the ground and promote native browse and forbes to grow. The timber plan calls for a substantial thinning focusing on leaving the Oaks, Hickory, and Walnut with a few other species as well. Followed up with Prescribed fires to controll invase and unwanted regrowth. This will be a fun project to see take shape throughout the years.