Running list of winter tasks

-Prune Norway spruce of side limbs to 10' in height

-Harvest all Black Locust over 6" diameter. Cut to 8' bolts/posts. NOTE: Leave some big ones on hill along west travel corridor.

-Remove Black Locust suckers by fence line with Sprite

-Remove all 4 Lucie Kuhlman grapevines. Tentatively replace with Steuben

-Remove five Swenson Red from west end of south trellis. Tentatively replace with Reliance seedless grape.

-Remove remaining V. riparia on north trellis. Replace with ???

-Prune purple-leaved plums back to European plum buds.

-Prune CC limbs back to pollinator varieties budded on them.

-Remove vines climbing trees in the Black Walnut plantation.

-Remove another 4' of branches from the White Pine east of the Black Walnut plantation

-Cull Wild Black Cherry and Silver Maple

-Cull Ash that is crowding Black Walnuts or other mast producing trees

-Remove non-IEM branches from trees where grafts of Illinois Everbearing Mulberry took

-Clear barn foundation of Sumac. Fig nursery?

-Cull apricot trees from east yard.

---Added 9/5---

-Create 10' wide buffer area along east side of northern paddocks, approximately 350 feet long. That is, move hot-wire ten feet to the west.

-Plant "clumps" of 

• hazelnut seeds (Jefferson, NY 398 and seedling), 
• South Dakota plum seeds O.P., 
• peach pits from Madison O.P. trees 
• Marge elderberry cuttings, 
• David Johnson's L-50sxTrebbiano O.P. grape seeds, 
• Lehman's Delight O.P. persimmon seeds (might be too tall)
• Husk tomatoes
• Stupice tomato
• Jerusalem Artichokes
• Pawpaws
• Northline and JB-30 Saskatoon
• Polana raspberry

The goal is to create a "hedgerow" that will stay short enough to not bother the power wire.