Doing the Right Thing and Giving Something Back to the Woodlot -E174

Jason and Karen take advantage of the rainy Summer and the kindness of neighbours to give back to their woodlot.
They are using the Kubota x1100c to visit some spots on the woodlot where they can plant some spruce seedling. On their way, they provide an update on the firewood season, deer farming, an update on a 25 year old black spruce plantation and even share some moose footage with you!
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[@chrisbubar6604]

Those black spruce have done well, nice. I agree that a thinning would benefit that stand. I caught that last remark on "what a great chance for a mechanical harvester to do a thinning" good luck on that Jason.

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Ha ha, once the accountant approves the concept, there are no other barriers!

[@CH-um4iy]

Beautiful woodlot!

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thank you. We work on it most weekends and have had it since 1996!

[@brianwestveer9532]

I have been planting norway spruce, this year we planted white pine,and chestnut

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Nice. I just watched a show on chestnut... apparently they are quite a tree! I would love to have a few acres of white plan in... never taken the time to do it yet!

[@EINNHOJ100]

Jason those trees need to be limbed to a certain height to keep the limbs from getting big in the butt log which makes better lumber In B.C. they use a long pole saw to cut the bottom branches as they space out the cut block. You could get information from the forest service on how to space your forest To space you take out the junk and buck into shorter blocks to lay on the forest floor to decay to feed your good trees IT is alot of chainsaw work from John

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thanks for the information. We have three stands like this that need to be thinned!

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello Jason, Good for you. Just don’t see much replacement planting around here, Take Care 🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thanks guys…. Seems kind of crazy to plant trees in the middle of more trees but it feels good!

[@bobfitch607]

Jason your a true steward of the land.

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thanks Bob, much appreciated. We just want to leave something here better than what we found!

[@perandersson548]

😁👍

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@pr4lviper]

I love when you using the kubota 1100 and show us

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thanks for the feedback, we'll try to work it a little if things dry up!

[@junkersish]

I pick small 3 to 6 inches seedlings out on my lot from spots where they have little to no chance of maturing and plant them back where there are some small clearings. Success rate improves substantially when you come back to clear the brush around for the first couple of years. I only replant white pine and northern red oak. On good sites white pine will be 10 feet tall after 5 years, oak is more of a multi-generation wait time.

[@OakMountainAcotts]

That is a great strategy. Karen and I did that when we first bought our land. I remember one summer we pulled about 2500 balsam fir and put them in a seed bed. We had a little irrigation system setup and we planted them the next year!

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video Jason and Karen. Ya, it’s been kinda wet lately. Have a great week

[@OakMountainAcotts]

Thanks Noel. I guess it is nice to have a little break once in a while anyways!

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

@@OakMountainAcotts yep.