Beechmere Diary

On this visit, I marked and cleared another trail that goes along the edge of the hill up to the ridge and is not as steep as the other trails. White oak, sugar maple, and yellow poplar trees predominate along this new trail. After that, I resumed cutting wild grapevines on some of the more [...]

Usually, I bring my chainsaw when I visit. But this time, I didn’t and found a dead tree had fallen and blocked the driveway. It took only about an hour to clear enough to drive to the cabin using a small bowsaw I normally use to cut grapevines. I finally completed the forest management plan [...]