Native Hunter
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This tree planting was originally done around 14 years ago. It has a White Pine Road screen and most of the rest of the planting is 7 or 8 different kinds of oaks. On one end I have a fruit orchard that you guys see me posting pics of all the time, but this post is about the oaks, which I don't talk about much.
Over the next 3-4 years after the original planting I did some replacements where trees died. I was mowing the rows with a tractor and bushhog, but the lower limbs on the oaks are spreading out so much the rows are closing in. This year I am going through with the DR Mower and my saw doing some final work before walking away from this and calling it good.
The only real work is cutting and stump treating some useless volunteer trees that come up in the rows with the trees I planted. In my case that is mostly sweetgum. In 80% of this planting, I don't worry about it anymore - the oaks have dominated and nothing can catch them. But, I will continue to work in some of the slow areas for 3-4 more years before calling it good and leaving it alone.
This is from the outside looking in. The oak planting is behind these pines that I also planted.
This is on the inside looking out. You can see that the oaks are about as tall as the white pines.
This was taken out in the planting. This is a couple of red oaks - either pin oaks or cherrybark, I have both and don't recall which these were.
This is typical of what some of the bigger ones look like at the ground. I think this is an overcup oak.
Same tree as above.
This is a typical red oak.
Burr Oaks and their corky looking bark. I only have maybe 30 of these. They are a little slow but healthy.
This is one of my sweetgum piles. I have these scattered around at different places. Good bunny hiding spots.
Just thought I would share how I have been getting some much needed exercise, and figured some of you guys would enjoy the oaks. Best wishes.
Over the next 3-4 years after the original planting I did some replacements where trees died. I was mowing the rows with a tractor and bushhog, but the lower limbs on the oaks are spreading out so much the rows are closing in. This year I am going through with the DR Mower and my saw doing some final work before walking away from this and calling it good.
The only real work is cutting and stump treating some useless volunteer trees that come up in the rows with the trees I planted. In my case that is mostly sweetgum. In 80% of this planting, I don't worry about it anymore - the oaks have dominated and nothing can catch them. But, I will continue to work in some of the slow areas for 3-4 more years before calling it good and leaving it alone.
This is from the outside looking in. The oak planting is behind these pines that I also planted.
This is on the inside looking out. You can see that the oaks are about as tall as the white pines.
This was taken out in the planting. This is a couple of red oaks - either pin oaks or cherrybark, I have both and don't recall which these were.
This is typical of what some of the bigger ones look like at the ground. I think this is an overcup oak.
Same tree as above.
This is a typical red oak.
Burr Oaks and their corky looking bark. I only have maybe 30 of these. They are a little slow but healthy.
This is one of my sweetgum piles. I have these scattered around at different places. Good bunny hiding spots.
Just thought I would share how I have been getting some much needed exercise, and figured some of you guys would enjoy the oaks. Best wishes.
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