Some more pictures

There were a few questions about Black Walnuts

What do you mean by "girdling"?

Girdled by cutting about an inch inward and then angling down so the bark cannot grow back together. My hope is that the herbicide will suppress latent buds in the root-collar from breaking dormancy and forming shoots.

Girdling by itself will kill most trees but some varieties (Box Elder, Black Walnut, many kinds of Oaks) will push shoots from their root-collar. Others (Black Locust, Poplar, Sassafrass, Sumac, Plums) will push shoots from their roots.

Why don't you have them milled into lumber?

Images can be clicked to embiggen.

Not much straight on most of them. And they are young with very little heartwood. Maybe they could be used for stocks for NY compliant ARs 8-)

What does the orchard look like?

The big sling-shot in the center of the frame is a pear tree that I left some "whiskers" on to graft to a more productive variety. The picture was taken from the bottom of the slope.

It is a hot-mess.

I knocked out another eight trees today and averaged about 20 minutes per tree.