Started in on the burning projects this morning

[Turkey Creek]

I really would like to wait longer on some of it, but the farther into Spring we go the less time I have available and the fewer days we have that are suitable for burning. Even though my wife is a "Smoky The Bear" fan I know there is a little "Burner Bob" hiding inside! If I say do you want to drip some fire she is usually ready to go. Most of this stuff was burned 2 years ago, but the F'n locust and hedge saplings are already waist high in it.

 

[Tangler]

Awesome! This spring I plan to burn also! Little 20 acre piece in Alabama.

 

[356]

Good job getting started on the burning. The weather was perfect to burn today, but my wife and I had to split firewood.

 

[Turkey Creek]

The next couple of days are about perfect for wind. Tomorrow it will be out of the north for most of the day, today it was the from the south. Most of where I need to burn has stronger fire breaks on one side or the other so I like to back burn starting on the weaker fire breaks and then when I have a comfortable cushion let the wind carry it from the other side. My drip torch operator gets impatient when it is a slow fire! LOL

 

[bigboreblr]

What did you burn switchgrass? Anything special you did to that tree to save it? Rake it back, wet the trunk, etc? Did any other prep like mow or harrow the field edge? Emergency measures you had? Doubled checked here in NY, I thought it was illegal, it is legal for agriculture minimum of 5 acres,

Before I hunted farmland, I helped out the forest ranger where I hunted with trail work there. He invited me to a top of the mountain controlled burned to keep blueberry bush grove in good shape. Saw several bears up the there over the years. you got me wanting to go back up there, haven't been there in years.

Any advice or experiences from your first time?

 

[BC Buck]

Growing season burn does better on saplings. Would love to do a woods burn but Im a one man show. So nice to do burns this time of year.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Growing season burn does better on saplings. Would love to do a woods burn but Im a one man show. So nice to do burns this time of year.

No doubt, unfortunately I have to burn when I have time and the conditions have a chance to be favorable. I will cut these and stump treat them anyhow.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Lets just say Sericea lespedeza burns HOT. This strip at the Christmas tree farm is full of it. Bet we had flames 10-15' in the air. I need to eradicate it but its isolated as in its not really going to spread from where it is and I always run out of time in fall controlling it.

 

[Turkey Creek]

What did you burn switchgrass? Anything special you did to that tree to save it? Rake it back, wet the trunk, etc? Did any other prep like mow or harrow the field edge? Emergency measures you had? Doubled checked here in NY, I thought it was illegal, it is legal for agriculture minimum of 5 acres,

Before I hunted farmland, I helped out the forest ranger where I hunted with trail work there. He invited me to a top of the mountain controlled burned to keep blueberry bush grove in good shape. Saw several bears up the there over the years. you got me wanting to go back up there, haven't been there in years.

Any advice or experiences from your first time?

Most of it was cool season grass that it getting killed out and replanted into NWSG heavy on the forbs and food plot residue. Honey Locust, Osage Orange (Hedge) and Eastern Red Cedars are the scourge of the earth here in terms of volunteer trees growing where ever they can sprout. Without fire as a tool we would be ABSOLUTELY over taken by them. I want them to all die where I burn. Generally just top kills the locust and the hedge, but makes it much easier to locate them to cut and stump treat after the burn. I have pretty solid fire breaks where I burn, established roads/trails, bare food plots, creeks, clover planted strips, etcc.. I carry a HIGH powered gas leaf blower which is an awesome tool in controlled burns. We have some hand sprayers and extra water in the pickup in case we have a piece of dead wood or something that doesn't want to burn out quickly.