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Advice for clearing wooded property
My noggin ^ | 18 June 2018 | Rarest Iowa

Posted on 06/18/2018 7:33:15 AM PDT by rarestia

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To: kempo

Oh hell yes!


41 posted on 06/18/2018 7:58:50 AM PDT by DownInFlames (Gals.)
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To: Red Badger

Goats love poison ivy, too.


42 posted on 06/18/2018 7:59:18 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: rarestia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI3Z1KGNBRo


43 posted on 06/18/2018 8:01:33 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Red Badger; rarestia
Zoysia...

Good advice. That stuff will choke out most anything, looks good and can be harvested as plugs and planted in other grassy areas where it will take over.

44 posted on 06/18/2018 8:02:22 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: robroys woman

Your method makes me think of my youth, and also, ticks, chiggers, copperheads, wasps, hornets, bumble bees, poison ivy rash, and other things that I got impatient with in Missouri.

I one time went down a ravine to check out a small wooded area like this and walked through about 40 yards of crown vetch to get down to the woods. I checked it out, came back up but then got busy for the rest of the afternoon. That night I had about 75 chigger bites from that crown vetch. Just the worst time for their life cycle and I was in misery for about a week.


45 posted on 06/18/2018 8:02:33 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: KC Burke

Bump for later


46 posted on 06/18/2018 8:04:04 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; rarestia

And Zoysia doesn’t grow very high or fast, so less mowing..............


47 posted on 06/18/2018 8:04:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: rarestia
Figure out what is native and keep those and plant other natives. Leave some dead trees standing or lying for wildlife. If they are in the way push them into a pile. Don't burn anything, that's like burning money.

That said, if you need a big cleared area for some actual purpose, find a guy with a really big bulldozer.

48 posted on 06/18/2018 8:06:25 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: KC Burke
I won't speak for the owner of this thread, but to answer your question, the man's acreage is in Florida.

The word "ravine" is not in the Florida dictionary. It is a flat, sandy peninsula. Some rolling hills in a few locales, but otherwise flat.

Lots of low areas and swamps, but no ravines.

49 posted on 06/18/2018 8:06:28 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: rarestia

If I were you I’d be on the look out for snakes....of all varieties


50 posted on 06/18/2018 8:06:32 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: rarestia

Tell the Air Force that ISIS has a training camp there and that they should airdrop in a couple tons of napalm.


51 posted on 06/18/2018 8:07:07 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: rarestia

http://mistupid.com/jokes/page096.htm


52 posted on 06/18/2018 8:07:07 AM PDT by rolling_stone (Hang em high)
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To: Snowybear

A researcher, hired by Monsanto, did a study, which concluded, Roundup was cheaper and more affective and safer
than vinegar. Study didn’t say if you would get increased HP or better MPG but there you go.


53 posted on 06/18/2018 8:07:09 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: piasa

I’ve seen goats eat a cabbage palm right down to the ground...............


54 posted on 06/18/2018 8:07:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Cold Heart

At least with vinegar you won’t get cancer...................


55 posted on 06/18/2018 8:08:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger
"Goats. Get some..................."

A friend of mine got a goat to clear his lot thinking in the fall they would have a BBQ, then his girlfriend named him.

He cleared the land but the BBQ was now out of the question. He tied the goat to the corner of the barn which only made him mad. He rammed the barn's corner post till the whole structure fell down.

Never let your family name your goat.

56 posted on 06/18/2018 8:09:09 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: rarestia
Oaks might be "water" oaks. You don't want them anyway.

Live oaks are the real oaks trees. Water oaks tend to have problems.

We've ended up cutting out all of our water oaks over the years because of disease, brittle branches, rot, etc.

57 posted on 06/18/2018 8:10:26 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: alternatives?

“I live in a wooded subdivision with large lots (1 acre) and I had a neighbor move in next door and cut them all down because he wanted grass.”

that’s horrifying ... unnecessarily cutting down large mature trees is nearly a sacrilege in my book ... and i’m not a tree hugger, i just love trees ... because of bouts of extreme weather (late freezes, high winds, blizzards, you name it), as well as the frigid winter climate and semi-arid rainfall, trees are difficult to grow and keep in good shape along the front range of Colorado, so there are no tree haters here, regardless of other politics ...


58 posted on 06/18/2018 8:10:39 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: rarestia

Keep all trees. Let goats go at it for a month. 10 should do the trick. It will be amazingly beautiful, clear, and with a canopy to keep your utilities down.


59 posted on 06/18/2018 8:10:56 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: rarestia

Don’t forget to test your soil. Pine trees tend to make the soil acidic. Burning may be an option but contact your county first regarding burn laws / permit process.

If you have the time ... go with the goats already mentioned by others.


60 posted on 06/18/2018 8:11:07 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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