Brad Huston

Tyler Ludens wrote:Personally I would just leave the stumps in place and work around them. We have a lot of trees so we've been using basins instead of swales. I'm also making brush berms where some people might use swales: https://permies.com/t/56013/earthworks/Brush-berms

Thanks for the response Tyler, much appreciated!....i will definitely check out that link....thanks!

Kyrt Ryder wrote:

Brad Huston wrote:Hello, recently purchased 13 acres and I'm looking to install some contour swales on hillside. This property is fully wooded with pine and hardwood. My dilemma is after I clear this hillside, what to do with the stumps/roots?

First.... don't. If it's an actual hillside and not just a gentle slope on relatively flattish ground, do not clear it. Clear a swath for your swale, get the trees going in that, then do the same for the next swale after that, leaving a fair amount of woodland between. Trees hold hillsides together, and the baby trees put into a swale won't cut it at first. You need to keep your forest to avoid heavy erosion or worse.

I'll leave the meat of your question to others more experienced in swale clancastersn.

Thank u.... I plan on starting at the top of hillside and working down slowly over time.....thanks for the advice!.....sorry if I butted in on someone else's topic, still learning to use this site....any advise on the stump situation? I plan to follow brad lancasters formula for swale construction....thanks Kurt Ryder!

Hello, recently purchased 13 acres and I'm looking to install some contour swales on hillside. This property is fully wooded with pine and hardwood. My dilemma is after I clear this hillside, what to do with the stumps/roots?.... If I leave them to rot, I assume they will leave uneven holes and maybe even compromise my berms. If I remove the stumps, how will this affect my contour lines. Thank you so much for any suggestions! This is my first post! Love this forum thanks!