Do you want a cost-effective and eco-friendly way to reclaim your overgrown lots and trails? At Sanctuary Forestry Mulching, we provide expert land clearing that doesn’t leave your property vulnerable to erosion or disrupt the healthy growth of local plant life. When you learn all about the process and the benefits it has for your land, you’ll understand the importance of investing in our services.
The Problems With Overgrown Lots and Trails
Fire Hazard
When vegetation grows out of control, it can pose a severe fire hazard. If you live in an arid location or one threatened by drought, it further increases the risk. Mulching your overgrowth can reduce how quickly a fire spreads.
Pest Infestations
Overgrown bushes and sprawling grass provide a haven for small rodents, reptiles like snakes, and swarms of insects. Some of these animals can threaten your safety, like copperheads, rattlesnakes, and ticks. Others can harm your local ecosystem or even make their way into your home.
Poor Appearance
Forestry mulching can prevent your excessive vegetation from harming your curb appeal or property values. Whether you own a business or a home, maintaining its outdoor appearance protects your investment.
The Benefits of Forestry Mulching for Clearing Lots and Trails
Hazard Reduction
When you manage the growth of your vegetation, you increase your wildfire prevention and reduce the spread of hazardous pests on your property. You’ll never eliminate these threats, but you can increase how easily you can control them. When you manage your plant life’s growth, you prevent fires from spreading to your structures and keep pests and insects out of your home.
Soil Preservation
Mulching your vegetative overgrowth can significantly improve your soil quality and prevent erosion. Because the mulching machine leaves behind a thin layer, wind and water won’t move large amounts of soil. The mulch also helps retain moisture and reintroduces essential nutrients.
Cost Savings
Mulching provides the most cost-effective method of clearing overgrown vegetation. For example, if you use a bulldozer, you have to spend extra time and money leveling the ground.
You’ll also deal with burning the brush or paying to haul it away. Mulching turns your forestry by-products into an asset rather than creating an additional expense.
Distinguishes Spaces
Forestry mulching helps you distinguish property lines, clears a space for a fence or shed, and can help you distinguish separate spaces for use. By mulching overgrowth, you can restore access to hard-to-reach areas of your land.
It also remains an essential step in trail creation. If you have an expansive property, you can use mulching to create trails and turn your property into an entertaining space or maybe even a business.
Vegetation Management
After you mulch, you can replant the types of plant life you want. The increased soil health means you have an incredibly fertile space to plant flowers, a garden, or specific trees you know will improve your ecosystem and curb appeal.
After you clear the overgrowth, you should take a purposeful approach to replanting vegetation. You should carefully consider which trees you’ll plant and which flowers or garden plants will have the most positive effect on your ecosystem. Consider talking to a landscaper or arborist to determine the best options for your property and where you should plant them.
A Step-by-Step Guide
1. Assess the Land
Before professional forestry mulching, the company must assess the land for the following characteristics:
- Vegetation density, defined as the number of plants in a given square foot of land
- The type of soil on your property
- Typography, or the slope and physical features
This can help the company determine the scope of the project and which portions of the property could present challenges.
2. Determine Goals
Why do you need mulching? Are you more concerned with fire prevention or creating trails? Knowing what you need helps dictate how we approach the process.
3. Obtain Permits
We’ll help you obtain the necessary permits. These often include approvals for land use, environmental work, and working near protected waterways.
4. Prepare the Site
We’ll mark the boundaries of the area that needs mulching, clear any large rocks or other obstacles, and ensure the safety of the crew. We can also notify the neighbors if necessary.
5. Perform the Mulching
We use heavy-duty machinery for mulching. Clearing an acre of land can require between one and three hours of work, depending on the density and topography of the land.
6. Clean the Site
To ensure the site remains safe and accessible, we’ll remove any leftover debris the mulcher missed and level the ground to prevent tripping hazards.
Forestry Mulching for Long-Term Property Maintenance
When you need the most reliable mulching for your overgrown vegetation, reach out to Sanctuary Forestry Mulching. We provide a 100% satisfaction guarantee no matter how big or small your project is. You can get a free quote by calling (859) 800-2979. Learn more today.
