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| We have about 100 acres of pasture and a lot of it was as thick with cedars as yours, maybe a even a little thicker, so thick no grass would grow. I have been using a skid loader and a tree shear cutting them down, maybe half done., going a little faster now that I'm retired. I pile them and have been shoving them into a couple large gullies. Our grass came back on its own without us doing any seeding at all. But you might get a quicker cover if you seeded something down. I'm not saying I chose the best method for what we have to deal with but it is getting the job done. All I can say is you must have way more determination than I have, I tried cutting them with a chain saw and quickly decided that I had way too many trees to cut, and ended up with the skid steer and tree shear. My shear has a knife on one side and does leave a couple inches of stump, and they do rot eventually. We have some fence lines that need attention and that was my biggest challenge. We rented the pasture to the farmer adjacent to us and we never worried about that fence too much. Well he got out of cattle and all of a sudden we needed to have that fence in good shape. The trees in the fence line had been there a long time and it was quite a challenge for my 14 inch shear, but I kept after it and finally got the fence line cleaned up and replaced the fence. Best of luck and skill to you, its a lot of work but it seems pretty satisfying to see some progress and improvement.
Edited by SDPat 1/27/2025 22:13
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Converting Cedar Thicket to Pasture
