A few years ago the township board notified landowners that they must remove trees in the road right -of-way or the township would do it an landowners expense. On one particular mile stretch the cedars had grown, unmolested for many years. Chris came to help clear them. His childhood in the state of Washington had rendered him proficient with a chain saw. With his help we got the ditch cleared of trees.
Ever since then I've monitored the ditch for cedar seedlings. The fields are still wet from the recent rains, more predicted tonight, so fieldwork is at a standstill. This morning was a good time to walk a stretch of ditch, clippers in hand, to remove the young cedars that have sprung up. It's quite simple when they are small, long before they require chainsaw surgery. Coniferous trees cut below the bottom branch do not regrow.
Takk for alt,
Al
This picture illustrates my ambivalence about cedars. These are part of a multi-row of trees I had planted for wildlife cover. What is a weed? A plant that grows where you don't want it.
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