Walking with the silky

[SD51555]

I had to put cam chips out this morning. Knew I had a few branches to cut off trails. So I started walking. Before I knew it, I was cutting down balsam poplar sprouts (probably 100+), liberating dogwoods, finding-marking-releasing juneberry bushes, clearing overhead brush that would eventually end up on the trail, and going over my dig plan for next month.

It got me to thinking, sometimes just walking with the silky can do a ton of good. This was something I’ve worked on for a while. I’ve discovered how to tell good poplar from balsam poplar. Balsam are the big leaves on the right. The quaking aspen that is premium browse is on the left.

I pulled on one for some reason, and the whole thing just ripped out of the ground on an old root.

Bad on the left, good on the right.

This spot looks nothing fancy, but look closer…

There’s gooseberry that could be brought some easy light and into production.

New oak. Likely bur, but it’s also pointy.

And ROD that is poised to produce if it can get the nutrients to finish these berries. I’ve seen lots of dogwood aborts when resources get thin.

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[Bill]

Did you ever get to the cam chips?
That’s where I would have screwed up. I would have went in another direction and forgot what I started out wanting to do.

 

[SD51555]

Did you ever get to the cam chips?
That’s where I would have screwed up. I would have went in another direction and forgot what I started out wanting to do.

I did. I had an easy list this morning, so I just took it slow and decided to regulate the whole way to my cams. I had all of that, planting sweet corn, and getting everything buttoned up before the heat arrived.


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[TreeDaddy]

Amazing what one can do with the silky zubat

I never head into the woods without mine

its a " must have" for me

bill

 

[Electrodigical]

I bought a Pocket Boy last year and it's pretty amazing the size of things I've cut down with something the size of a large folding knife.

Like everything else, the trick is remembering to bring it. I put it in my pack while hunting, but seem to forget to put it in my pocket at other times.

 

[Brian662]

What use do you have for gooseberry? It's what I would consider a "native invasive" here. Going to run fire through my timber in the next year or two to set it back.