Tim Nicklin

Ive found that wild plants that don’t transplant well, will grow happily and easily from seed. We’ve filled our shady woods with dame’s rocket by harvesting the seed heads and tossing them in the shade. The pollinators love the early spring flowers and they are very fragrant at night. We’ve tried digging some up but they didn’t do well and it was a lot of work. Now we just wait for the wild plants to go to seed then collect.

A 25 hp tractor with bucket and grapple would be handy for your area. You can use the power take-off to run a chipper for all the brush to turn into mulch and compost. That said, storage is an issue and it’s usually better starting out to hire the initial clearing/ road building with professionals running heavy equipment. A small tractor is very helpful if you own acres, as it can perform many necessary tasks efficiently.