[AT] Osages to maples

Wed Nov 6 14:37:58 PST 2019

After bush hogging the smaller stuff I have cleared acres of scrub brush by
chainsaw and big burn piles.  Cutting the stumps level to the ground has
been hard on chains, but leaves no holes in the ground.  Works well for
pasture.

Grass perks right up after the shade is removed.  Species encountered are
Hawthorne, Honeysuckle, Black Cherry, ash and Box Elder.  Some stumps are
cut a second time a year or so later as they miraculously rise a few inches
out of the ground.  Quite a bit of work, but no dozer required.

Carl 

Manlius,NY

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Mike M
Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 2:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Osages to maples

Wow Dean, that's impressive! I suspect the trees you left will really thrive
now that they get their full sun and nutrients.  Question for you, I have an
area of property that i would like to clear. It's thick like a jungle just
to the right of your M. How did you remove the roots? Did you cut the brush
first, and then tackle the roots, or were you able to pull out clumps at a
time.

Thanks,
Mike M

On 11/6/2019 4:02 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:

Hi Mike, sorry about that.   Both of the photos I'd previously attached were
looking generally southward but from different vantage points.   

Here's a collage of Google aerial photos to hopefully help explain a little
better.   My earlier 2014 picture was taken from down near where the big
walnut tree is, but the 2019 picture was taken from way up close to the
house (farther north than the osage bramble had ever been).

Dean

From: AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike M
Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Osages to maples

Hi Dean, could you clarify  what direction we're looking in, were the two
larger trees buried in the brambles? I'm terrible at  deciphering
directions. Where is the Farmall parked in comparison to the old and new
picture?

Thanks,
Mike M

On 11/5/2019 6:52 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:

About five years ago I started clearing out an old osage orange hedgerow,
maybe 150 yards long, that hadn't been tended in many decades.   Lots of
time with the chainsaw, lots of bonfires, lots of work with the Super M
dragging logs and pulling roots and hauling firewood, lots of work with the
JD 620 and rear blade grading and smoothing.   Yesterday I had a crew plant
eight new red maple trees on the same line where the osage trees had been,
and this afternoon I got the Super M out again to haul trashcans full of
water back to them.

The top half of the attached photo is the 2014 view, showing one of my first
bonfires as I began clearing out the osage and honeysuckle and briars.   My
goal back then was just to clear out some breathing space around a nice
mature walnut tree that I'd discovered earlier that year after noticing its
top sticking up above the canopy of the older but shorter osage trees.
It's not visible in the photo but it'd be to the right of the bonfire.
After a couple of years of occasional trimming and cleanup and thinning out,
I set my sights on removing the hedgerow completely.   (There's also another
one, but I'm just cleaning it up and will keep many of the big trees).

The bottom half of the attached photo is the view from a few hours ago.
The mass of trees and brambles from the top photo had been just to the left
of the little gravel lane behind where the tractor is now sitting.   The
tall trees behind the tractor had all managed to survive despite being
engulfed by the sprawling osages; the dark one in the middle is the big
walnut I'd first started clearing out around five years earlier.
Interesting that those trees all lean slightly away from where the osages
had been.   The new maples, hardly visible since they're small, are dead on
the centerline of the original hedgerow.

Will be interesting to see how the new trees do over time.   It's been fun,
sort of, plugging away at that scraggly old hedgerow over the years, and
darn nice to have a couple old tractors to help.

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio

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