Christopher Sullivan

Awesome! Thanks Steve and Craig! I had never thought much would be possible in my low-quality pine canopy aside from ranging some meat birds. I appreciate the suggestions!

Just to give a bit of clarification about my original post, my land had been planted pine for timber that was never properly thinned and was instead sold off to developers. It's pretty densely wooded with spindly pine. The only diversity is whatever fledgling hardwoods and bramble (and poison ivy!) can make it. I'm glad I appear not to be the only one with this question!

Welcome, Steve! I was wondering what your thoughts are for forest farming applications in highly acidic soil. My property was mostly planted pine that we have logged out to turn into sustainable production, but we do have pine forest on the edges. We're currently using a good bit of that space for chickens, but is there possibly a better or other element I could produce in my piney treeline that won't require massive remediation of the soil? Blueberries, perhaps? Thanks for any help you could lend!

Christopher Sullivan
Liberty Creek Farm
www.facebook.com/libertycreekfarm
Beaverdam, Virginia