[ATTACH] Zoomed in, the blue parallels stone walls, and green skidder trails. The pics above of ferns were taken near the lower end of the green...
In the late winter of 2019 we decide it is time to do a harvest, particularly for the backside of the hill. The backside is landlocked, but close...
In 2016 I injured my back in March, splitting firewood, and spent the summer recovering from surgery. That summer we hired her company to treat an...
The State requires annual reports of any activity (harvests, thinning, etc. ) so they can keep people from simply signing up and pocketing the...
[ATTACH] Above is an area treated a couple of years ago. [ATTACH] Fortunately as I move up the slope the ferns become much less of an issue, and...
[ATTACH] Above is an area I tried a group cut. There were essentially no valuable trees, so we cut them all for firewood. Note the ferns and lack...
Ok, summer of 2009 I’m between jobs and so I helped a neighbor in his woods in exchange for lumber from his bandsaw mill, that he built himself....
[ATTACH] The house is on the left side of this pic above, about 600’ lower than here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] The property is a long rectangle, and goes up over and down the backside of the hill. The property lines are just off to the left and...
There is Burlington area, and then there is the rest of Vermont - there isn't even the faintest whiff of an inspector down here. I sometimes get...
Starting in 2002, much condensed, ... Stand 1: This stand is not overstocked but some of the badly weeviled White Pine should be girdled or felled...
In 2002 we hired a forester to draw up a management plan. This husband/wife team came highly recommended (at the time I shared office space with...
I'll be adding quite a bit of detail, but here in a nutshell is the estimated harvest: 82 MBF of saw logs, 148 cord firewood, and 500 tons of...
We own a small farm with about 60 acres of woods, and are having a harvest done on the accessible land this year (about 40 ac). Over the years...
Our local conservation district has a fundraiser sale using them as the source. I was there looking at the Christmas trees (also expensive) but...
I’ve only been out there once, but it is beautiful country, and I’d like to go back. We swung through Paradise and then did the Olympic Peninsula....
This isn’t a road-clearing program, but it might be wildfire fuel load management. The fee defrays the cost of them monitoring for (and...
We have state foresters in every county, and Extension used to have foresters available. Our county foresters are top-notch, feet on the ground...
I was browsing the Fedco catalog last night, dreaming. I don’t expect to ever try what you’ve done, but this thread has been very educational and...
As noted above, traction is a function of weight. I have a 50hp and skid downhill. I’m thinking of getting a forwarding trailer but think I’d like...
