Originally Posted by battue
Although I have some timber guys working on making it more attractive. Left the good nut producing trees and essentially opened places for new growth...The one bordering neighbor saw what was going on and went in also. Be interesting to see how it works out.


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I do that to a smaller scale. I selective cut some trees every year to release the good trees, mostly oaks and black cherry.
If it's a good tree to burn, I'll drop it. If not, then I'll girdle and leave it in place. Some stuff gets hinged. Then as new stuff gets established from the increased sunlight, I'll protect the desirable trees with tree tubes.