About 50 years ago, this piece of
land was butchered for hardwoods without any concern for the mess left behind. It was left alone and recently chipped. This is different from clear cutting as a huge piece of equipment drove around chipping everything and removed it for engineered lumber. It's a cleaner process than clear cutting and it leaves behind very, very little. The equipment compresses the forest floor.
There's a creek bi-secting this property with a 75 foot buffer left untouched on each side.
We are going to be working with about 20 acres of rolling empty land. Other than letting it sit until spring to see what may develop and let the forest rest and aerate from winter freezing/thawing - We will plant black cherry. which grow very quickly here as wind breaks.
It's a blank canvas - looking for some input~ somehow big open space is harder for my brain than a dense forest.
thanks so much!!!
M