Land Grading
We level rough ground and grade pads with a compact track loader. We also backfill around new foundations and spread fill a supplier delivers.
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Buckthorn removal is how a choked woodlot gets its light back. We mulch common buckthorn and glossy buckthorn to the ground with a mulching head on a compact track loader. The stems and brush turn into mulch right where they stood. Paulin Land Solutions serves Waukesha County and Southeast Wisconsin, about 40 miles around North Prairie.
Mulching knocks the thicket down so you can see and walk through your woods again. It does not kill the roots, so plan on follow-up work after the first pass. Buckthorn removal is one part of our land clearing in Waukesha and the towns around it. When the brush under your trees is mostly honeysuckle and prickly ash, brush clearing and underbrushing is the better fit.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Common buckthorn fills the understory of oak and maple woods across Southeast Wisconsin. It also moves into old fields and fence rows. Glossy buckthorn does the same on wetter ground, such as marshes and sedge meadows.
Both kinds leaf out early in spring and keep their leaves late into fall. That long season lets buckthorn shade out tree seedlings and the native plants under it. Left alone, a woodlot turns into a wall of brush you cannot see through.
Birds eat the berries and carry the seeds to new ground. Seeds that drop build up in the soil, so seedlings keep coming up after a thicket is cut.
The track loader works its way into the thicket, and the mulching head grinds each stem down to the ground. One of our mulching heads is a disc mulcher. The same machine runs our forestry mulching on lots and acreage.
The ground-up brush stays on your land as a mulch layer. The University of Wisconsin extension service advises keeping buckthorn with berries on the site, so the fruit does not spread. Its guide also says mulch left on the soil can cut down on new seedlings.
Mature trees you want to keep stay standing. Large trees that need to come down are work for a tree service. Near a lake or a wetland, shoreland and wetland rules can apply. The county land use and zoning office and the Wisconsin DNR answer those questions.
Mulching takes the thicket down to the ground. It does not kill the roots or the seeds in the soil. New shoots come up from the stumps, and seedlings sprout from the seed bank. The extension service says mowing rarely kills established buckthorn, and mulching cuts it the same way.
Plan on follow-up cutting. The extension guide covers a summer cut before seed forms and a fall cut after the plant resprouts. It says the pair weakens the next year's regrowth but does not kill the plants. On open ground, brush hogging keeps the resprouts cut short.
The extension service says mowing works better when it is paired with a herbicide sprayed on the leaves. That treatment is work for a licensed applicator from another company. The applicator can also treat fresh-cut stumps. Either treatment follows the directions on the product label.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 40 miles around North Prairie across Waukesha County and Southeast Wisconsin.
(262) 527-7619From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (262) 527-7619, or send the form. Tell us where the land is and what you want done with it.
We look at the land before we price it. The thickness of the brush and the lay of the ground shape the plan.
We put the quote in writing and spell out what it covers. You decide once you have it in hand.
We set a start date with you and bring in the compact track loader. The mulching head grinds the brush and small trees where they stand.
Where the job calls for it, we grade the ground once the brush is down. The land is open and ready for its next use.
Common questions about buckthorn removal around Waukesha and the Kettle Moraine. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We level rough ground and grade pads with a compact track loader. We also backfill around new foundations and spread fill a supplier delivers.
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We mulch brush and small trees off the building spot and the drive, and leave the mature trees you want. Then we grade a rough pad with our compact track loader.
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We build gravel driveways and driveway pads on a graded base. We also regrade rutted, washed-out driveways and put the crown back so rain runs off.
Learn MoreThe mulching head cuts brush and small trees and grinds them into mulch in one step. The cleanup is part of the clearing.
The track loader that mulches the brush also grades the ground. One company handles the clearing and the rough pad.
We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing. You see what the work covers before you decide.
North Prairie sits at the center of our service area. Waukesha and the Lake Country towns are inside it, and so are Burlington and Elkhorn to the south.
How to get rid of buckthorn in Wisconsin: what the DNR and the UW Extension say about cutting, mulching, stump treatment, timing and the follow-up.
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Forestry mulching cost per acre in Wisconsin from published cost guides: per acre, hour and day ranges, what moves the price and mulching versus hauling.
Read more →Send us the town and a few words about the land, and we will look at the job. You can also call or text (262) 527-7619.
Tell us about the land you want cleared or graded and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.