Reclaim the ground
you already own.
The fence row creeping into the field. The trail you stopped walking. The view you used to have. I clear it back with a forestry mulcher and leave the ground open and usable again — brush mulched right where it stands, nothing burned, nothing hauled away.
- SERVICE AREA
- FRANKLIN CO.
- LICKING CO.
- COSHOCTON CO.
- TUSCARAWAS CO.
- + NEIGHBORING COUNTIES
Franklin, Licking, Coshocton & Tuscarawas counties.
Shown dark below. I also take jobs in the lighter counties bordering them — if you're just outside the line, call anyway.
Primary service counties: Franklin, Licking, Coshocton and Tuscarawas. Neighbouring counties also served: Delaware, Union, Madison, Pickaway, Fairfield, Perry, Knox, Muskingum, Guernsey, Holmes, Stark, Carroll and Harrison.
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- Primary service counties
- Neighboring counties served
- Outside typical range
The work I'm usually called out for.
Mulching is most of it. If there's a washed-out drive or dirt that needs moving while I'm already there, that generally happens the same trip rather than as a separate job.
Invasive Removal & Mulching
Honeysuckle, grapevine, autumn olive, multiflora rose — the stuff that turns a woods you could walk into a wall you can't. It goes through the mulcher and stays put as a nutrient-rich layer that feeds the ground instead of leaving in a truck.
Trail Creation & Reclamation
Trails you can actually walk again, or get a UTV down. Behind the house, along the creek, out through the back forty — opened up wide enough to use and enjoy, with the cover that matters to wildlife left standing.
Field & Pasture Restoration
Putting a field back where it used to be, opening fence rows and property lines, shaping a food plot or a shooting lane. It's selective work — the trees worth keeping stay right where they are.
From grown over to ground you can use.
Walk the property
We walk it together and you tell me what you're picturing — what stays, what's choking it out, where the edge ought to sit. I'll give you a number while we're standing there.
Mulch it in place
Brush and invasives get ground down where they stand and stay on your ground as mulch. No burn pile to keep an eye on, no trailer loads going down the road.
Hand back usable land
What comes back next spring is grass and seedlings instead of a wall of thorns, in the shape you asked for. Most places look better a season on, once the mulch has worked into the soil.
You probably already know the spot.
Most people come to me with one of three versions of the same thought. Looking back: I used to be able to see clear out to that big oak, and the whole valley behind it — now I couldn't find it without getting cut to pieces. Right now: I hacked my way out to that oak last weekend. That was a bad idea. Or looking ahead: I bet if we opened up around that oak and set a couple chairs out there, we'd have the best view in the neighborhood.
Underneath all three it's the same thing — a piece of ground that's yours, but isn't the place you pictured. That's rarely for lack of trying. Brush doesn't wait for a free Saturday.
I grew up on an old farm and watched that happen to our own place. Spots I used to love got smaller every year. Others turned into a nuisance. A few we just quit walking to. The days only hold so much and the chore list never gets shorter, so I started looking for ways to get more out of the hours I had. Once I saw what the newer forestry machines could do in an afternoon, it was obvious how many people could use that.
Now it's my favorite kind of work — taking a corner that's closed in and handing it back open, looking better than it has in years. Honeysuckle, autumn olive, multiflora rose, grapevine: it all goes through the mulching head and stays right there as a nutrient-rich layer feeding the soil. Nothing to burn, no brush piles sitting out all winter. The change is immediate, and it keeps getting better once the mulch has had a season to settle.
What I'm after is leaving your property set up the way it actually serves you, so you get to enjoy all of what's yours. Right now this is a one-person operation, which means the person you talk to is the person running the machine. I like it that way — I'd rather walk the ground with you and bounce ideas back and forth until we've landed on the right plan for it.
Let's go take a look.
Call, text, or email and let's get an idea of what your property is now and what you'd like it to be. Every place is different, so I prefer to come and walk it together to dial in what you're looking to accomplish.
- General location
- Rough acreage you have in mind
- What the terrain is like
- What's grown up, and what you'd like to do with the spot once it's clear
Photos or videos help immensely so I can better prepare in advance.
Counties served
- Franklin
- Licking
- Coshocton
- Tuscarawas
- Neighboring counties
Call or Text (740) 575-2345
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James@barlowls.com
Monday through Saturday, 7am to 7pm.