BEFORE AND AFTER! From thick, nasty brush/woods to new lawn! Illinois Bobcat CTL project!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Join us today for a neat look at the overall Before and After look at a small land clearing project, that ultimately went from thick, nasty overgrown trees, weeds and brush to a nice new lawn in a matter of a few days. This is on a Southern Illinois farm where I was helping out a friend improve their Illinois homestead farm by taking back a severely overgrown bushy and wooded area and turning it back in to a nice lawn. Thanks for joining me, don't forget to hit the like button and consider subscribing to follow all of our land management projects, our Kentucky and Illinois homestead and land management projects, wildlife conservation projects, wildlife habitat improvement projects, fixing pond dam leaks, Bobcat mini excavator projects, Bobcat T650 skid steer projects, tractor projects, food plots, duck ponds, watering holes, wildlife ponds, DIY rustic home decor projects, our Kentucky farmhouse rehab project, Polaris Ranger trail riding, DIY rustic barn wood projects, and much more country living adventure! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time.
You take the time to do it right now and it shows in the finished product. Young people of today should take a lesson on how to take pride in their work. 👍Green thumbs up 😉
Thanks Bob, I appreciate that! Kind of stinks though right now for me, the back is getting worse! ugghhh. But you're right we're living in much different times now! Take care
Wow. Pretty dramatic before and after on that project. Nice work!
Thanks man, yeah I enjoy seeing the whole timeline looking back! Fun to see that! Have a good one!
Nice job Kap, that yard is looking good.
Not bad from jungle to grass lickety split! lol thanks
Good job
Thank you sir, appreciate that
Nice job
Thanks!
Nice!
Thanks man! Have a good one
Turned out really nice Kap. Did they ever decide how to deal with the standing water by the shed area?
Haven't checked in with them lately. After I try to get caught up I will. Thanks man
Wondering how tall the weeds and grass are over at the Kapper Kentucky Kabin? By now, It might look like the BEFORE picture of Phils yard??
Maybe so, but I had it bush hogged once already. Not sure when I'll have it done the 2nd time. But like you said, I really don't HAVE to do anything there and it will still be a great place! I'm wondering if my clover plots came in from last fall? Hope to take a look soon.
Man that looks like a different place
it did turn out pretty good thanks!
Kapper, quick question. How come you decided the push the brush back and not bring in the mower and grind it up so you don’t end up with the wind row of brush to look at?
Two reasons A) too much equipment to haul, but more importantly, even if you mow it you still have the sod of all the weeds to content with and the stumps. By skimming off the shallow root system of most weeds you get rid of a lot of that up front. Hope that makes some sense, thanks.
I have to do the same thing but nothing but a rake.mosy people don't have a machine like that.
I understand and we have had to do it oh so many times with just hand tools. But we are fortunate that we were able to financially graduate to machines! Best of luck!
looks good . did you get a new logo
Thanks man. No we've had that for a long time just don't use it much. Might have to use it some more.
How much would this have cost if you had a company clear it? (Or how much did you save?)
hard to say, bids are all over the map with machine work. But I'd say they could have ended up paying at least double what it cost them on this one.
Now it needs some Greene County Fertilizer on it.
That sure would make it pop!!!
Turned out great
You ever find anything interesting while doing this brush control?
So far not really. Just old tractor parts and such.
@@kapperoutdoors Interesting, I thought you would find some cool stuff. Guess not.
you could plant a meadow instead of yet another lawn, so sad :(
There are acres and acres of brushy meadow right next to this, and this lawn is quite small for around here, so it is very minimal.
While there was probably invasives plants in there, you still destroyed an ecosystem just to plant turf which needs to get cut every week or two. The landowners played themselves. It would have been a great time to seed with wildflowers and native sedges. Maybe a tree or two. Huge loss for insects and birds.
Well not really so much. Their lawn was small, and they but up to acres and acres of fields and wetlands. Also if you keep a small lawn with rough plants around you will get more mice, rats and snakes at/around/in your house. Just a different viewpoint, thanks
@@kapperoutdoors those animals don't want to come out of the brush. So if you keep a mowed perimeter, they will stay away from the house. They like the security of the long grass. They don't want to leave that area. It's nature. They were here first regardless.
Awful. You turned perfectly great habitat into useless lawn.
Don't worry there was plenty of habitat surrounding them in them low grounds. And this section used to all be lawn anyway, just got overgrown.
Nice to see all your hard work pay off. Great before and after shots.
thanks man, I do like to look back and see the before/after. Have a good one
Looking good Joe! The reclaimed lawn area is thickening up nicely!
yes that one turned out great, Thanks! Have a good one today
Thanks Joe! Have a great weekend!
Mr. Kap look great job ! Wonder when you going do duck pond & trail bridge? So um are you thinking trade of your E42 to E145?
Yes I have fallen behind a bit with all the rain we've had!! I'll just keep picking away a little at a time.
Hi Joe, great job! What is the size of the lot and how much would it cost to have the land cleared like that? Thank u
That was a smaller size project, I'd say I cleared less than a half acre. Pricing is all over the map depending on what kind of machine, competition, location and more. If you are interested in stuff like this and you live near us in So, IL, you can contact us. Thanks.
That bird in the beginning is loud!
just posted a video to my TH-cam channel of my 1 ton excavator and a TMK150 tree sheer. crazy how efficient It is!
Just saw it. Great machine setup you've got there! Best of luck! Thanks
You do very nice work...keeping busy, stay safe, be careful, take it easy and keep dry
I do what I can while I still can.. Some days not so much! Thank you and have a good one Sandra
Now. You hav to mow it all the time and fertilize it lol!
After we dig and backfill a big trench for sewer main pipe we used the power grader attachment on the skid loader get it looking all good then We usually put straw down grows perfect every time
Sounds like a good plan! Thanks
Nature will reclaim an area fast if you stop mowing.
Man you ain't kidding!! Stuff grows like weeds!!! LOL
Truly nice job! This motivates me to start cleaning an area in the back of my property…
Why? If you need the area, then go for it. If it's just to mow more lawn, I gotta ask why? They destroyed an ecosystem and planted grass which feeds nothing. They could have planted a prairie of native flowers and sedges. Instead they made runoff worse and kicked numerous bugs and birds out of their homes.
@@joeleming9605 - I have plans for it. We already practically have a nature sanctuary on the developed part - to include bears, foxes, and a lot of small animals.
It looks great! Nice job!
Thank you! Cheers!
Looks awesome, good to have friends
Roger that, I'll have to check it later this summer, should be a nice carpet :) Thanks
Great job Kap!
Thanks, it was a fun look back to see the whole process. Have a good one
You ripped off several inches of topsoil.
Yep.. That tends to happen when you try to peel off the shallow root system..
Really good finished product that summin to be proud of 💪💪
Roger that! Somethin to be proud of, appreciate that!
Looks like a complete perversion of the natural environment. Lawns are nothing but a total waste of resources. But, yeah, you dominated the landscape to make it look like you want. Congratulations.
Easy for you to judge what others should do with their land isn't it? How much land have you purchased to preserve for nature?? these folks have acreage that is nothing but wildlife. We have preserved hundreds of acres on our own for wildlife. What kind of home do you live in? I bet there used to be critters living there long before your floor or basement was poured.....