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Well it feels good to start a good thread. The property is fairly flat as far as woodland goes. That skidder should have no trouble. I think most would agree getting this done is good for the managment. This isn't a real high value cut, in fact most of it will wind up as firewood logs - honestly they can make fuel chips or toothpicks for all it matters. It's mostly maple, birch, cherry & hemlock. Try talking to some of the guys in the logging trade about planting apple, hazelnut & goosberrys and you'll probably get strange looks. It occurs to me although a good forester - logger should respect the land it's all product to them. I'm ok with that. The job is getting done and alot of the junk trees will go with it.

I like a chicken salad sandwich with extra (sweet) onions, a few sliced pepperoncinis & a dash of IT. But most places have stems in with the salad peppers, which is a rude thing to bite into if you ask me.

Well there was that time I was splitting firewood and decided to drink a quart of prune juice to cool down.

Having the property logged. Thought I might post some pics of the activity in case anyone else is considering getting it done. Property is about 50 acres, a little lost to swamp. From a hunting perspective I was concerned about the job's time and general disturbance. But having this done will get some light down where it's needed. New growth, trails, lanes, expanding food plots etc. After meeting with the logger he seems to know his jazz and can run a good crew. This is not a chip job even though the place was high-cut about 15 years ago. So not as much will get cleared out as I thought. Maybe 20% judging by what trees the forester marked, and getting to them. But then the job shouldn't take as as long either. We'll see how it progresses. I'll be able to post a few updates now and then. Day one & staging area. Front of the skidder - I'm thinking before they pack up shop I might have a side job or two for this thing.

Pulled a wgi cam off a trail the loggers will soon be using again, pos wgi cam maybe I can salvage it for video mode. 60+ pics most were white out or blurry, a few off the top. Makes me wonder what I missed.

Nice! Whats in that field?

Is that some kind of drain pipe pieces to protect the trees?

While I never got into the whole supranoes series, I do remember him from movies like Welcome to the Rileys, Pelham 123, Fallen, Crimson Tide, & Terminal Velocity.

What are the chances purchased trees can survive in the plastic container until next year?

5a. Approach the perimeter slowly. When you exit the vehicle make sure I can see both your hands. The camo face in the window is me.

Yeah - - I'm kinda glad my jazz isn't in a bear zone.

I rescued two tart cherry trees for 12$ each.

So if there are no farms around me then I guess the answer would still be yes I have close to an acre of combined clover mix/chicory, and about another 1/2 with winter rye plots. 3 years ago it was maybe 1/2 acre total. In the woods plots, done with hand tools & a tiller. It's allot of work for an old - older guy. I get my tiller back from the shop this week (rear seals/tune up) and it's time to get some jazz done revamping the clover plots. I finally got the trail passable for the jeep/trailer and can not only save time but get bulk gear & topsoil/fill for expanding & rough leveling. Here's another thing going on, planing to get the property logged. Had a forester up and marked the place. But it was high cut 15 years ago only leaving about 20% value trees today. So, I'm looking into getting a chip-job done at the same time. Might be a little bit of a mess for 1-2 years but I'm thinking in terms for future benefit. More light on the ground, new growth, lanes, plots, etc. Also I have an idea, suppose 3-4 years from now I manage something of an extra acre clearing, I wonder if that would be enough for corn & could I deal with the extra work.

Seems legit..

I have an 88 smoothbore & a 500 vent rib barrel for it. Must be 25 or so years - nuttin purrty but it works. Also got a 500 in 20. thought about getting a rifled barrel for it but it slams the buckhammers.

You've seem dramatic cats & animals on youtube? Well, WGI has a dramatic game cam (gander link).

Nice doe in the 1st pic. Ever get Turkeys in that plot?

Why is the guy shooting wearing the same vest? 'You kill me? I kill you right back.'

Sweet onions are getting battered, 2 out of 3 rhubarb plants are going, radishes going good, pepper plants look ok, lettuce ok, cucumber plants not so well.

It's a walk behind ariens rt5020. Belt drive - so when it finds roots or rocks that it can't move or chew through (no shortage of) it doesn't leap/launch & piss me off.

Waiting on my tiller at the shop. Seals on the rear tine shaft are shot.

Some of that looks like winter rye - doing well.

A small wind turbine would be cool and all but wouldn't work out where my camp is. Most of the time there's hardly a breeze at all. The mosquitoes love it. And I kind of like my jazz at ground level. Yes I do think about adding to the bank, the camper battery box has room for at least 4 GC2 size deep cycles. I can make the current bank last a while longer but doubling the Ah reserve in time for Bow season would be nice. Thanks!

I don't mind at all, the lcd30 was about 80$, it's a Steca pr knock-off. H/F sells one that looks like it but it has different display/metering. I bought the DM panel through Amazon, they're only sold in pairs now. Btw the cynergy panel is from solarblvd, they have occasional deals.

'a nice pasture type mix that will be low maintenance.' Something tells me you won't be able to leave it alone.