What To Expect From Land Clearing Services

By Patricia Brown


Land is usually cleared to allow construction, mining or agricultural activities to be carried out. Clearing a landscape properly is crucial as far as the soil fertility is concerned. When in need of land clearing services, choose companies that use safe techniques. Diverse techniques can be used to cut vegetation on land and these include the following.

Common methods people use to clear vegetation involve burning, cutting, grinding and pushover. The pushover mechanism is quite technical since it relies on a specialized construction machine. In this mechanism, green plants are cut, pushed over and hauled off. This procedure is carried out by ensuring that plant roots remain intact. Once the procedure is complete, cut grass is pushed to a location where it is processed.

The cut and grind technique commences with cutting down vegetation found on a particular landscape. These green plants are then moved to a central processing location. The main difference between this technique and the pushover one is that stumps are usually left lying on the ground. The stumps are ground to produce mulches.

Controlled burning of vegetation is also an effective technique. Even though this technique is hazardous, it is widely used in rural areas. Burning involves lighting up a controlled fire and then maintaining it until all vegetation are completely burnt. After fires are completely extinguished, the landscape is cleared by use of a bulldozer.

Techniques that people adopt to cut down vegetation have implications on soil fertility. In this case, it is wise to seek expertise help when you have a large plot that requires clearing. If you opt to conduct the work solely, you are likely to spend a lot of time and be exhausted in the process. Hiring an expert clearer will save you the energy and time by ensuring that your field is properly cleared.

Landowners should also note that when landscapes are cleared, most of them are prone to leaching and soil erosion. Consequently, cutting down trees or shrubs exposes top soils to wind and rain that are the primary soil erosion agents. If you intend to use a cleared landscape for agriculture, till the field early enough before it is eroded and nutrients are drained off.

In plots with plants of eight inches height, you can adopt the mulching method. This method entails using a specialized mulch machine to knock over the small plants and completely grind them into mulch. This service is provided these days by mulching firms at a particular cost. One way of finding such firms is by asking around for referrals from your friends, family or neighbors.

Most farmers prefer using animals as a way of cutting down vegetation on a land that is left bare. In this technique, they build fences around a plot and then introduce goats or cows to feed on the vegetation. The herbivores can be tied on pegs or left to freely walk around the field while feeding. As they feed on green plants, they excrete on the ground thus adding nutrients to soil and boosting its fertility.




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