Forestry Mulching
Forestry mulching turns brush, saplings and small trees into a layer of wood chip mulch on site. We cover Jackson, Union and Williamson counties from our base in Cobden.
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Land clearing in Anna keeps back acres from closing into brush you cannot get through. Union County is hill ground, and cover grows back fast on it. Fence rows fill in. Old pasture edges creep inward. Bush honeysuckle and multiflora rose take over the timber edges. Autumn olive follows them into the open. A back lot near Anna goes from open to solid brush in a few seasons. Sight lines close, and you lose the view down toward the creek bottom. Deer trails you used to follow vanish under new growth. Around Anna the ground rolls, so brush hides washes and old stumps. That makes hand cutting slow and rough on a chainsaw. It is easy to put off until the whole back half is gone.
We are based in Cobden, about five miles north of Anna on Route 51. That puts Anna minutes up the road, in the same county we live in. Our service area covers the 62906 ZIP and the rest of Union County. We run a tracked skid steer with a forestry mulching head. It grinds brush and saplings where they stand. Stumps come down to grade in the same pass. The mulch stays on the ground as a cover. Nothing gets piled, and nothing gets burned. Tracks spread the weight, so the machine works soft ground and slopes without tearing ruts. We also open trail cutting lines through timber for access. We are fully insured. Small jobs are welcome, down to a single fence row or a lot corner.
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Anna sits in orchard and farm country. Peach and apple ground has been worked in this county for well over a century. Rendleman Orchards in Alto Pass dates to 1873, and Flamm Orchards in Cobden started in 1888. Between the orchard blocks the land breaks into wooded hills. Union County is about sixty five percent rural, and the Shawnee Hills run through the middle of it. Those wooded edges are where brush gets ahead of people.
West and south of Anna the public ground takes over. Trail of Tears State Forest covers just over five thousand acres northwest of Jonesboro. Shawnee National Forest ground runs on toward the Mississippi bluffs at Wolf Lake. Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area holds more than six thousand acres near Jonesboro. Private tracts butt up against all of it. Birds move honeysuckle seed off that timber, so brush pressure on Anna property never lets up.
Land clearing on an Anna property usually starts with forestry mulching. The head grinds standing brush and saplings into chips on the spot. Small trees go the same way. Stumps get taken down to grade, so the ground stays mowable after. There is no pile to burn and no debris to haul off. The chip layer holds soil on a slope through a spring rain. That matters on orchard ground and old pasture, because water runs off these hills fast.
Some Anna ground needs lighter work. Brush clearing opens fence rows and lot lines that have grown shut. Trail cutting puts a machine wide path through timber. You can get a truck or a side by side to the back. On hunting ground we cut shooting lanes and open bedding cover. That is hunting property improvement work. Tracts west of Anna run toward the Mississippi bluffs, where cover gets thick. Tell us what you want the ground to do, and we size the job to it.
Communities & areas we serve around Anna: Jonesboro, Cobden, Alto Pass, Dongola, Mill Creek, Wolf Lake, Ware, Balcom.
Anna ZIP codes served: 62906.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Union County and beyond.
(618) 697-5190 Forestry mulching turns brush, saplings and small trees into a layer of wood chip mulch on site. We cover Jackson, Union and Williamson counties from our base in Cobden.
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Brush clearing for overgrown fields, fence lines, old lots and invasive thickets across Southern Illinois. Our tracked skid steer grinds the brush into mulch on the spot, so the ground is usable the same day.
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We cut new ATV and UTV trails through wooded ground, and reopen old paths that grew shut. The mulcher leaves a chip surface you can walk or drive the same day.
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We clear shooting lanes and quiet access trails on hunting property across Southern Illinois. Selective mulching opens the ground you want open and leaves the cover that holds deer.
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We mulch bush honeysuckle, autumn olive and multiflora rose down to grade level. The chips stay on the ground and the woods open back up.
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We clear brush, vines, saplings and small cedars off fence lines and hedgerows. The growth is mulched where it stands, so the fence is easy to see and work on.
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Blackburn Land Service did an excellent job of clearing a messy area of vines, overgrowth, and hanging branches on our property. Calls were retuned promptly, work was done thoughtfully, efficiently, and in a timely manner, as promised. The area was cleaned up and looked great when completed. Gery was a pleasure to work with from start to finish. I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone needing a project done right the first time and on time!
Gery did an awesome job for us! He was so easy to work with from the initial call to the final handshake of thanks! We had an area behind our pond and some trails in the woods cleared, so now we can take our grandchildren on great adventures on the side by side! Thanks again Gery!
Gery is truly knowledgeable and professional with attention to detail. May your projects be large or small he is very thorough from start to finish. He goes above and beyond to make sure his client is totally satisfied with his services. I would highly recommend Gery for any of your land clearing projects.
Gery from Blackburn Land Service is excellent! Great guy and a pleasure to do business with. Highly recommended if you need work done!
Gery’s work is always impeccable. I hope to have another job for him soon.
Gery always works to complete a job with customer satisfaction being the most important aspect of any job !!
A few of the questions we hear most around Anna. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Overgrown field, a fence line you cannot find, a trail that grew shut, or hunting ground that needs lanes? Call or text, or send the form. We will come look at the ground and give you a free estimate.
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