Restoration thus far:

The map above shows the areas that have either been planted with native trees, native grasses or have had some sort of invasive specie control method implemented. The yellow areas are the three prairie restoration plots which will be seeded this fall. Also this winter I will be working my way south into the flooded woods adding more native trees and doing some selective tallow control.

Planting crew I hired  (Templin Forestry) last year to help get a jump start on tree planting. Seen here busting open various bags of native bare root seedlings and mixing them into their carrying sacks.

Same crew as above planting the areas around the ponds.



Part of the four acre area where I hand cleared the tallows and poisoned all the stumps...There was maybe  one native tree to every twenty tallow trees (but I left all natives standing). On the map above this area is outlined in orange on the eastern border of the property. That was two years ago....it is now an impenetrable briar thicket with only the few natives I left behind towering out of the briars....next photo.

Same area as above two years later....natives are tall , and you can't tell in the photo but there is a good eight foot wall of briars, saltbush, and undergrowth....mean country... but the rabbits like it! Ps..very little tallow re-growth (I used Garlon), but felling the tallow and leaving them on the ground almost guarantees a briar thicket the following year.

Photo below is same area in July 2013...

Sapling from last year leafing out near pond.

Cypress leafing out around rim of pond (I planted 200 cypress around the inside rim of the large pond). One tree every seven feet or so. And so far they all look good ..I don't think one has died (or been eaten yet).

Transplanted pickerel weed.. quite a few clumps around the pond, also note the cypress peeking out behind it..one of the 200 around the pond.

2012
	Specie	Common	# Planted
		Pecan	450
		Cypress	450
		Sugarberry	450
		Willow Oak	100
		Green Ash	100
		Cow Oak	200
		Laurel Oak	200
		Live Oak	200
		Nuttall Oak	200
		Bitter Pecan	100
		Drummond Maple	200
		Black Gum	200
	Total		2850
2013
	Specie	Common	Planted				Switchgrass(Dpak)
		Cypress	650				Indian Grass(Dpak)
		Southern Catalpa	50				Eastern Gammagrass (Caddo)(Dpak)
		Crabapple	50				Common Sunflower(1/4 lb)
		American Beach	50				Button Bush(Dpak)
		Red Maple	50				Browntop Millet (50lbs)
		Red Mulberry	50				Standing Cypress(Dpak)
		Chinese Chestnut	25				Rice (50 lbs)
		Eastern Red Cedar	50
		Sycamore	30
		Nuttal Oak	50
		Cow Oak	50
		Water Oak	100
		Shumard Oak	25
		Willow Oak	100
		American Elm	20
		Water Tupelo	100
		Green Ash	40
		Button Bush	200
	Total		1690

2012

Specie

Common

# Planted

Pecan

450

Cypress

450

Sugarberry

450

Willow Oak

100

Green Ash

100

Cow Oak

200

Laurel Oak

200

Live Oak

200

Nuttall Oak

200

Bitter Pecan

100

Drummond Maple

200

Black Gum

200

Total

2850

2013

Specie

Common

Planted

Switchgrass(Dpak)

Cypress

650

Indian Grass(Dpak)

Southern Catalpa

50

Eastern Gammagrass (Caddo)(Dpak)

Crabapple

50

Common Sunflower(1/4 lb)

American Beach

50

Button Bush(Dpak)

Red Maple

50

Browntop Millet (50lbs)

Red Mulberry

50

Standing Cypress(Dpak)

Chinese Chestnut

25

Rice (50 lbs)

Eastern Red Cedar

50

Sycamore

30

Nuttal Oak

50

Cow Oak

50

Water Oak

100

Shumard Oak

25

Willow Oak

100

American Elm

20

Water Tupelo

100

Green Ash

40

Button Bush

200

Total

1690