Clearing in the Back

I cleared out the back area down by the muscadines with my Gravely Pro 24 Brush Cutter! It really helps you see what's going on down there. The two saplings on the left of the clearing are apples (red wrap on base), one Mollies Delicious, one Fuji. Not sure which is which at the moment, mixed up the tags during planting this Spring. On the right are two native paw paw saplings that we planted earlier, in late winter. The trees in the clearing ahead to the left are a few assorted saplings that I left to provide broken shade for the wild persimmons underneath. The persimmons are native understory trees that prefer a little bit of shade. They're also everywhere. The brush on the left is interspersed with wild blackberries, privet, tall grasses and a mimosa tree just out of view. I plan to clear this area by hand to better control the blackberries for next season.

In the third picture you can see on the far side of the mimosa where there are the two rows of muscadines, an unidentified red variety and Carlos Bronze. Three rows of blueberries are planted between the muscadine rows. The tree in front of the center row of blueberries is a Bradford Pear. It still has multiple trunks and is partially shading the muscadines, so I'm planning on trimming it back even farther this winter. Along the edges I've identified a few small Oaks that I'm going to promote by trimming out their competition, mostly pine.

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