The property is a rectangle and the entire southern edge is virgin woods and very dense with oaks, cedar elms, and heavy scrub. How and with what type equipment do I maintain the fence row from dis-appearing behind all this heavy growth?
Is the heavy growth on your side, the other side, or both? On my property, I am the dense growth obscuring the line. I just keep the old posts and line marked and dread the day I need to clean my side to put a new fence in. One neighbor keeps his clean by just mowing a couple times a year along the fence line. I am slowly cutting trees from it with a large Echo brushcutter for the small stuff and a chainsaw for the larger. Chaps and one of those forestry hard hats with the integral face shield and ear protection are worn always. I prefer a fitted glove and currently use LumberWorks Chainsaw gloves that have kevlar in them. An abrupt change from forest to pasture is no good for wildlife; so I am trying to change it over to a wider forest edge to draw in more whitetail and birds.
