January 2012 Blog Posts (1)
Adding pasture to woods and plantation
There are two ways to create silvopasture, add pasture to woods or add trees to pasture. Adding pasture to woods involves manipulating the existing woods to allow enough sunlight to the forest floor to stimulate the growth of desired forage species. Always seek input from a forester when manipulating woody vegetation (either planting or cutting).
In the most general sense, the process of adding pasture to forest will remove some trees while leaving other trees. The goal is to…
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Started by Scott O'Bar. Last reply by Scott O'Bar 22 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Most of my opinions about getting a job based on agroforestry / regenerative agriculture stem from the time I was fresh out of college a little over one decade ago.At that time I was considering…Continue
Pasture-in-the-woods forestry consulting in PA
Started by Robbie Coville May 24. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello folks. Are there any consultants here who advise and plan forestry thinning for silvopasture in PA? Or can you point me in the direction of anyone who provides those services in PA? Thank you!Continue
Need input whether I should chip tree limbs vs burning
Started by Mark E. Kunnemann. Last reply by Mark E. Kunnemann May 15. 6 Replies 0 Likes
I live in south central Texas on 21 very wooded acres. I have a plan to thin the trees to open up the canopy for allowing grasses to grow. I have 31 large piles of brush which I had planned to burn,…Continue
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Started by Brett Chedzoy. Last reply by Scott O'Bar May 14. 4 Replies 0 Likes
In 2020, a local grazier friend did an intensive thinning on 70 acres of mature woods to create silvopasture. Learning from other's past mistakes (including mine) of leaving too much logging debris…Continue
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