Habitat out loud

[Bowsnbucks]

You're lucky to have natural ROD on your land. We've planted some in spots, but we could use a lot more for browse.

White pines grow fast - we have tons of them at camp. Seedlings everywhere. Those and white cedars will be a plus for you. Like Sandbur has mentioned elsewhere on here, deer like to travel along/near evergreens for the cover they provide. I've seen that here, too. We planted lines and clusters of spruce to give the deer cover for travel & bedding spots. It has worked well. I think you'll be happy for any evergreens you plant.

Elderberry is a good addition, too. Once they get going, the birds & other critters will help spread them. They do well in moist soil.

I 100% agree with your comment on increasing variety of browse plants. The more variety - the better, IMO. (Excluding invasive, problem plants!!) Native plants usually do the best. We love brush piles at camp too. Left all our tops from loggings we did = quick cover & browsing on the twigs. Like you, we also used them for protection & got new things growing up in them. Can't beat free stuff.

Thanks for posting, SD. Many of your pics remind me of my days hunting up in Maine. Similar look to the land.

 

[SD51555]

You're lucky to have natural ROD on your land. We've planted some in spots, but we could use a lot more for browse.

White pines grow fast - we have tons of them at camp. Seedlings everywhere. Those and white cedars will be a plus for you. Like Sandbur has mentioned elsewhere on here, deer like to travel along/near evergreens for the cover they provide. I've seen that here, too. We planted lines and clusters of spruce to give the deer cover for travel & bedding spots. It has worked well. I think you'll be happy for any evergreens you plant.

Elderberry is a good addition, too. Once they get going, the birds & other critters will help spread them. They do well in moist soil.

I 100% agree with your comment on increasing variety of browse plants. The more variety - the better, IMO. (Excluding invasive, problem plants!!) Native plants usually do the best. We love brush piles at camp too. Left all our tops from loggings we did = quick cover & browsing on the twigs. Like you, we also used them for protection & got new things growing up in them. Can't beat free stuff.

Thanks for posting, SD. Many of your pics remind me of my days hunting up in Maine. Similar look to the land.

I love working on it. Nothing is more rewarding than going out and spending a few minutes or a half a day seeing what could be in a spot if it was given the effort to open it up, thin it out, and upsource all the debris into protective material for critters and desirables.

To be able to walk away after a little time, and suddenly a 10’ oak or a 5’ fir or a cluster of over browsed ROD suddenly has a chance to surge ahead. You cannot reasonably buy trees and shrubs that big, but for nothing more than a few minutes of effort, those things can thrive.


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