Spring Cleaning

[Jaxon Holler]

As spring slowly creeps into Central Wisconsin I have finally decided to tackle what turned out to be an extremely satisfying project. Our property consists of an abandoned/retired limestone quarry. The exposed cliffs and pits are one of the main reasons we love our place. With that came a darker side which I have come to hate... JUNK! After the quarry ceased operation and long before we purchased the land, it became a dumping area for appliances, shingles, tires and trash. This spring I finally got around to consolidating the bulk of these items and removing them from the place. 2700 pounds of scrap steel and a car hauler full of appliances left. There is no way I could have imagined the sense of joy I have without this junk laying around every corner.
Next I will round up the dozens of tires littering the landscape. My final project will be a lifelong gathering of broken glass which seems to pop up every time I disk a foodplot or clear ground for new native plantings. I would highly encourage anyone with a similar situation to go ahead and clean up your woods. It elevated my enjoyment beyond my expectations.

 

[bueller]

It's a great time of year to locate and pull up old barb wire fencing. The boys and I did a bunch a couple weeks ago and even they enjoyed it.

 

[westonwhitetail]

Your probably making money by improving the value of the land without the junk

 

[Barndog56]

I'm in the process of turning the 50+ tires left on our property into a backstop for a shooting range.

 

[Bill]

I have a stand aptly named “The trash can stand”. I think every owner for years dumped their trash in the same ditch.

 

[buckdeer1]

Alittle hint to check on since most dumps charge you to dump tires,if you cut side wall out with sawzall then it's not a tire anymore it's trash.I have cleaned up several dumps from the old time families.Part of my land was a oil field and had oil field families living there so they would dump.I hauled 35 5 gal buckets of glass out last year