Friday, September 9, 2011

Meadow in the Making (Day 3)

Schmitty and his crew finished up the buckthorn eradication along the property line between our home and the Wright’s next door late yesterday afternoon. There were an amazing number of buckthorn plants growing there … as a matter of fact there was almost nothing but buckthorn in there.

The result is shocking!

Buckthorn Panorama

The photo below shows the Cat skid-steer taking a well deserved rest after a whole day prying tree roots from the hard clay soil. The hackberry, blue spruce, and maple trees are all breathing a huge sigh of relief  now that the buckthorn is gone.

Meadow 8

Amazingly … this little chipper turned all of the big piles into just one truck load of wood chips.

Good riddance!

Meadow 7

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