Timber Valley Services LLC

This week’s project was cleaning up a field edge by taking down 29 trees and completely removing the stumps, root structures and regrading the area to allow for planting. The weather was perfect for this project and the area cleaned up pretty well.

Here’s a little bit of a highlight reel from probably the busiest fall/ winter I’ve ever had since I haven’t posted much on here this season. From land clearing jobs to helping with my family’s farm, 2 hurricane relief trips to Western North Carolina, corn harvest, building fence and a creek crossing, lawn installs, firewood and snow removal, storm damage cleanups and a host of other things, it’s been a hectic and fast paced winter and I appreciate all the support from all the folks who trusted me with their projects. I’m out here doing finishing up some cleanups from the recent wind events but looking forward to Spring, sunshine, mulch and lawn projects now and continuing to make things happen!

Here’s a couple before and after pictures of a partial property cleanup just completed. There’s more to do at a later time but this hopefully is a start to getting this property under control.

Another lawn install finished up.

Putting some finishing touches on a lawn today

This property had a lot of vines and growth on the walls of the house. I was able to uncover the walls and get the property ready for some new landscaping. Ground covers need to be managed and kept off of buildings, especially ones with siding.

Variety is my favorite part of outdoor services. The latest task was to cut open a 9 strand high tensile cattle fence and install a gate post system for a 16ft gate to allow access for hay equipment to this pasture. The holes for the posts were hand dug 3 ft deep to accommodate an 8 inch diameter gate post and the braces are 6 inch diameter posts. The project turned out nice and tight and will allow this space to serve dual purposes now between hay and cattle production.

Today I was able to clean up this overgrown space and to my surprise, in the process, I unearthed a brick patio extension that was completely buried. String trimmers do exceptionally well at removing a couple inches of dirt off of bricks instead of using a shovel. It was pretty neat to see a root structure that grew in the brick joints and formed 90 degree bends in the roots. Pictures of that are toward the end of this group of pictures. I was able to eradicate the ground cover and get everything ready to grow back into grassy lawn space.

Today ended up being a good day to spread some color on these mulch beds. The rain held off and the temperature was a lot more comfortable.

This job was an opportunity to use creativity to freshen up the pool area by removing a plastic border and replacing it with a stone border. River rock was added in areas to bring balance to the entrance and a stone border was added to a window well to keep mulch in place. In addition, the front and side mulch beds were freshened up with natural mulch, the edges were defined and the shrubs were trimmed. Lastly, new tree rings were created by stripping out the sod from between the root structures and adding mulch. Although the weather was hot, it was enjoyable to see these tasks completed.

The roots from this little tree cracked the masonry edge around the ring and were threatening the sidewalk so I took the tree out and popped the stump to eliminate further damage.

Today I was able to remove this pine tree out of the way so a dog fence could be installed despite the soft ground conditions from recent rainfall. I made a “road” out of old boards and wheelbarrowed the trunk out and drug the branches while walking along the boards to not destroy the lawn. The customer was happy with the condition of the lawn and a tight time frame was met to accommodate the fence company’s schedule.