LOGGING

On the farm there are about forty acres of woodland.  It has been seventy years since it has been timbered so I checked with the state department of forestry as to what I should do.  

The regional forester came, walked the property, and then set down with me to discuss the options.  The only option was to clear cut the entire woodlands.  Their reasoning was that some trees could be genetically inferior.  If you have two trees next to each other, one is large and one is small, they could be the same age. Makes sense, but have you seen an area clear cut?  It is the ugliest looking sight and it takes a life time for the forest to regenerate. 

I made the decision to take out the larger trees and let the other trees grow.  A local logger came in and started logging in November.  Here it is February and he still has a month to go before he is complete.  

One load of some nice size trees

Another load of good size trees

This tree will be cut for fencing boards

 Looking at the woodland from the house, it doesn't look like it has been disturbed.  The logger said in another twenty years it could be harvested again.  If it had been clear cut it would be another seventy years to see some mediocre trees.

I will stick with my decision to take out the larger trees and let the other trees grow.