"Cleared land often reveals hidden attributes.  Spectacular country settings can lie hidden beneath the effects of time and disuse."

This website is based on the story of how I cleared a large parcel of land that had become choked over many years with brush, weeds, vines, invasive plants, and nuisance trees. All this undergrowth and overgrowth I toppled, plucked, piled, lifted and moved on my own during long weekends over the summer.

It occurred to me how valuable it would have been if I'd known in the beginning, what I know now, about clearing land.  But despite all my research into various equipment and the features of each, I found very little information about how to go about it.

Although, I found lots of information about a variety of hand tools, motorized machines, and heavy equipment designed to dig, scrape, doze, lift, and move, I found virtually no information about specific methods and hints to follow to get the work done. So, I decided to write down my experiences.

Keep in mind, though, I'm not a professional, nor am I suggesting that the methods I've used as a private landowner on my property will work the same on yours. Nothing in this book is intended to be anything but a recollection of my experiences and accomplishments on my own land. That is in fact, one of the major points of this story. I was just a private landowner who wanted to see what could be done on my own.

I hope this website is helpful. Jim Starbuck
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