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QUESTION:Meant to reply to this the other day... Has been my experience that
this fast and easy method will result in a tangled up mess with dirt
and rocks mixed in. You got a gully that needs filling? Or if the
brush is large and far apart, you might rent a skid steer loader and
pull them up one by one. Did this years ago with privet hedges that
had grown into small trees. Burned some of it (still legal here in
the winter) though could easily have chipped it... Piled up the root
balls in the middle of an 8 acre field. After covering it with dirt,
it looks like a small 'indian' mound. The animals have even more fun
playing king of the hill, than I had building it...
A skid steer will not tear up the ground as bad as a dozer. Not an
issue if your going to plow and reseed immediately, BIG deal if
there's going to be a delay. And trust me, _everything_ takes longer
than you expect...
ANSWER: That's another reason I want to take another look at the place. I'm not
sure how much topsoil there is and how much of a pasture I could get. A
few places are granite "bald spots."
There is a small gully that I would pile a bunch of brush in, the rest
I would chip and spread around.
I don't know if this can be plowed. Not much of it is flat. The place
has it faults and good points. Anyway, I'm learning more and can apply
all this to any place I look at. Also, the California Chapter of the
Intl. Llama Assoc. has, twice a year, a ranch tour. I'll host a tour of
my bare ranch and have everyone tell me their opinion on what to do
with it.
That's the fun part of this adventure.
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