Just got inside from doing a little early morning trimming. Out of breath and sweating like a pig. But I got quite a bit done!
Not sure about some of you, but we like having little paths through the woods. We have some that are very short, maybe 30 to 50 feet, going from one clear spot to the next, and others that are hundreds of feet long.
Mother nature tends to try to reclaim these paths despite the fact that I laid claim to them as mine
Its been a few years (probably at least 4) since I went out in earnest to actually take the paths back to their former widths. Oh sure, ever year I will clip back an offending branch or vine that wanders into my path, but I've not done any serious work on trimming back the ever-encroaching bushes that grow along the borders, consistently making it narrower and narrower by throwing up shoots and suckers.
This year is the year I reclaim my paths. If she wants them back then Mother Nature will have to fight for them.
Spent some time on my main tractor path (longest path we have) and got to the first curve. Probably about 100' of work, leaving branches and bushes in my wake. Also did our 2 shortest paths, they are maybe 40' long and parallel each other, starting together, both going around a planter and some wild trees, before rejoining at the base of the hill into a single wide path.
Once the family wakes up they can go deal with the aftermath. I dragged the branches and brambles and vines to the center of each path and left them, like trophies. Looks like Melen and the lovely Mrs_Bob have their work cut out for them, picking up and hauling the results of my labor to the burn pile.
Not sure about some of you, but we like having little paths through the woods. We have some that are very short, maybe 30 to 50 feet, going from one clear spot to the next, and others that are hundreds of feet long.
Mother nature tends to try to reclaim these paths despite the fact that I laid claim to them as mine
Its been a few years (probably at least 4) since I went out in earnest to actually take the paths back to their former widths. Oh sure, ever year I will clip back an offending branch or vine that wanders into my path, but I've not done any serious work on trimming back the ever-encroaching bushes that grow along the borders, consistently making it narrower and narrower by throwing up shoots and suckers. This year is the year I reclaim my paths. If she wants them back then Mother Nature will have to fight for them.
Spent some time on my main tractor path (longest path we have) and got to the first curve. Probably about 100' of work, leaving branches and bushes in my wake. Also did our 2 shortest paths, they are maybe 40' long and parallel each other, starting together, both going around a planter and some wild trees, before rejoining at the base of the hill into a single wide path.
Once the family wakes up they can go deal with the aftermath. I dragged the branches and brambles and vines to the center of each path and left them, like trophies. Looks like Melen and the lovely Mrs_Bob have their work cut out for them, picking up and hauling the results of my labor to the burn pile.
