Invasive plants controlled by prescribed burns

[omicron1792]

Like most invasives, it leafs out before the natives, which would put it in the mid April timeline around here. That was my plan, was to hit it around leaf out, just need some help and the right weather.
I think if I burn towards the road, which is also down hill, it should be a slow, thorough burn and do some damage to the little seedlings.

You burned before? It’s definitely intimidating at first but you get the hang of it.

I hired a crew first couple to learn the ropes.

 

[Brian662]

You burned before? It’s definitely intimidating at first but you get the hang of it.

I hired a crew first couple to learn the ropes.

I did two different prairie burns last year. I know timber burns are much more mild but I've never done one.

 

[Turkey Creek]

It can be scary and accidents happen. Being totally honest though, without widescale controlled burning in a lot of areas we are going to lose alot more than with burning (both in terms of natural habitat and human infrastructure). Unintentional wildfires happen, controlled burning helps to alleviate some of that. When you burn keep in mind that it doesn't have to be multiple acres at once. Small burns are pretty easy to control and plan for, especially if you can set them up with some hard fire lines to work with. Back burning is your friend. Knowing the weather forecast and that you have a stable wind well past when you anticipate the burn to be over. I won't lie timber burning still causes me a great deal of anxiety only because of how long a fire can be active. But again once you have run fire through a timber block once or twice it becomes far more controllable.