The Regeneration Opening (pic intensive)

SwampDonkey · April 01, 2013, 03:34:35 PM

An opening like that is easy to photograph the progression because it's all tall timber around. In my woodlot where I have various species that have regenerated, natural and artificial, depending on the shot and where I stood, the trees might not show much difference from the 10th year to the 30th year, especially with no scale. I've got lots of photos but it's hard to take good pictures with trees all up around ya. Won't look much different for years. Now when observing from reality, not photos, things change a lot to your eye from year to year. I also find it's hard to photograph something like a thinning, you see brush and trees, but can't see the details. :D

WDH · April 01, 2013, 08:59:03 PM

If you were in GA, you would have to be quick when you walked through an area like that so that the fast growing trees would not "goose" you :D. No glaciers here

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SwampDonkey · April 02, 2013, 04:41:22 AM

We need them glaciers to slow things down here. If the trees grew for 10 months like they do in 3, we couldn't keep up with the harvesting. :D

g_man · April 02, 2013, 07:59:41 PM

Thanks for all your pictures. I have been watching your great project with a lot of interest. Comparing what happens in your big openings that you cleaned up real well to what happens in a much smaller less clear opening that I made where I left all the slash. I am also in poor soiled VT vs your Indiana.

In October 2010 I had this fir stand that was going nowhere and full of stump rot.

Stepping back a little I took the rest of the pictures from this same spot. Notice the birch and the ash.
Here is the same stand before it was cut.

This is Oct 2010 right after I cut it.

And this is two years later in Sept of 2012. Last fall. It is amazing how fast the slash seems to disappear.

Right now it is still snow covered. I can't wait to see what happens this summer. It will be the third summer.

thecfarm · April 02, 2013, 09:35:39 PM

g_man,those last 3 pictures are nice. A very good job you did. I cut my fir for the OWB,if no size for logs. Seem like they get to log size all set,IF they get that size. Most time baseball size and over they go,all rotten.

OneWithWood · April 03, 2013, 05:55:10 AM

Nice pics, and nice job G. I have smaller openings where I left the slash and areas where I simply girdled non crop trees. The openings quickly filled with briars. After five to ten years the briars have given way to pioneer species (tulip, aspen, ash, cherry). The briars and slash have kept the browse pressure down somewhat. The areas where the target trees were girdled have shown very good oak regen but the browse pressure can be severe.
Indiana has some excellent soils, unfortunately my little piece of it contains mostly thin poor soils. All the good stuff is growing crops or laying under developments, the rest, like mine, is forested. ;)

SwampDonkey · April 03, 2013, 05:57:57 AM

Like I've always said, if you can't grow taters you can always grow trees. :D

ancjr · June 21, 2013, 04:55:33 PM

This is the thread that first brought me to the forum via web search. OWW's one man and a chainsaw approach was inspiring, as it is what I have done (although not as extensively) at my current and previous property.

Looking forward to the new pictures! 8)

rasman57 · June 22, 2013, 05:12:29 PM

This project of yours is a wonderful example of real world stewardship and conservation. Nice to read and watch along as you do it!

OneWithWood · June 25, 2013, 11:57:32 AM

I took a series of pics last Friday. Unfortunately I have been chasing my tail trying to keep too many balls in the air so it will be a while before I download the pics to my puter and upload to the forum.
I promise I will get it down in the next week or so...

clww · June 25, 2013, 06:19:12 PM

WDH · June 25, 2013, 09:01:15 PM

If you don't post them soon, we will make you eat grits

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Mooseherder · June 25, 2013, 09:08:00 PM

Intermission

WDH · June 25, 2013, 09:15:54 PM

The wait is killing me. I am ready for the feature to start

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ancjr · June 25, 2013, 09:16:41 PM

*heads to the snack bar to get a bowl of grits while the intermission reel plays*

OneWithWood · June 27, 2013, 11:44:32 AM

Quote from: WDH on June 25, 2013, 09:01:15 PM
If you don't post them soon, we will make you eat grits .

Been there done that more than once!

Pics have been downloaded to puter. Now it is just a matter of finding the time to identify some of the flora (when Linnea has time to look at pics) and then upload.

Keep the popcorn warm and the beer cold...

clww · June 27, 2013, 12:24:41 PM

Mooseherder · June 27, 2013, 04:56:51 PM

Hurls Tomato at Screen. materhead materhead :D

OneWithWood · June 29, 2013, 08:27:27 AM

SHOWTIME ! ! !

June 21, 2013

I have attempted to rotate the pics so you don't have to stand on your head or lay on your side to see them. Sorry if it did not work.

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