The year started out simple enough. A query from Emily Staychock at a winter seminar asking if we would host an MFO public woods walk at our place? Sure! No details would emerge for many months. In the meantime Kathy and I pondered what to tackle during the spring. How about any and all invasives in two key areas of stand number four on our property? Each area is about two acres in size. The first area encompassed the southwest region, which included a narrow long knoll surrounded by low, predominantly wet ground. The second was the north central region, which included a small gravelly hill wherethe trees and brush formed a large horseshoe around a sizeable wildlife food plot, which this year would be alternating rows of corn and black oil sunflowers every 15 inches on center. So it was decided.
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