Explaining Stump Removal Strategy and Future Plans

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Working as a team clearing 5 acres in 1 DAY!

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Standing amidst the newly cleared land, the host explains their long-term strategy for stump removal. They aim to windrow (pile up) the stumps and debris, allowing them to sit for about a year. This period allows the dirt to naturally break free from the stump roots, conserving valuable topsoil. After this natural process, the stumps will be 'knocked out' (removed) with minimal soil disturbance. He also shares future plans for the area, including installing fences within three years and building a two-acre pond to serve livestock that will graze on the new pastureland. Specific oak trees are being preserved for lumber and shade for the cows.

Goal: The host details the strategy for stump removal, which involves windrowing debris, allowing stumps to dry, and then 'knocking' them out to preserve topsoil. He also outlines future plans for the cleared land.

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guys here we are this is the new clearing project right here and the deer just ran across the field down there it's awesome so you'll get a better perspective of all of this clearing with the drone shots and everything what we had was very very wet all the way down through here way back in there and it's nearly a quarter of a mile at least to the end of this stretch right here and it's kind of a narrow field this will be fenced in about three years so what we're really trying to do here is get it cleaned off get it smoothed out we're going to windrow up a bunch of stumps and we're going to come back and address those stumps next year we're going to give them some time for the for the dirt to break free of the stumps and then we'll be able to just knock the stumps out of the dirt and we'll be able to conserve our top soil that's our plan of attack right here so we're working in here we're also going to be working in this area right here and we're also leaving behind some trees some little spots for our cows to have some good shade in the future we have a pond project planned over here i'll walk up here and show you right quick in the future once we get this cleared we have a pond project you can see these beautiful oak trees right here these are great big oak trees they're going to make some awesome lumber or we may just leave them just a very pretty spot but we're going to build a pond dam right down in here and we'll have about a two acre little pond right here to service the animals that are going to be on this side of the farm cool so let's throw the drone up get you some cool footage and then we'll talk to you a little bit all right

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