Hill Country Land Trust - Managing Cedar (Ashe Juniper)

[MeLancer]

Thanks for your post. I have had an appreciation for Mountain Cedar breaks since I was a small child. The aroma from the cedar is refreshing. The terrain is enhanced by the proliferation of breaks.

[ribbitribbit]

I cut the wide juniper bottoms about 3-4’ from the ground, great shade for animals and they look like a Joshua tree.

[onthefarside]

Juniper has been a great thing for me for over thirty years. If you know how to use it, you'll be grateful for the juniper. Cut all the bottom branches and use them to heat your home or cook at your BBQ. The flavor is wonderful.

[giveregardtruth]

I had our 10 acres in Hill County of very think junipers trees mulched. We could only afford to mulch about 6 of the acres. Right now I’m cutting branches, removing the logs bigger than my arm width and laying them in rows to hopefully get mulched again. I was glad to learn that it’s good for the land to just leave the branches. It’s har to be patient but the land was so sick from overgrowth, I’m sure it’s earn the few years rest to come back thriving- I hope... I wish we had family or friends near us who could help us do the best we can for our property-

[jeremybrooks]

Learned some things about my land that I didn't know. Thanks!

[BrandonTran]

Nice work Gentlemen. You have a tremendous knowledge of being great stewards of the land.

[TrustworthyExpert]

well it looks like crap leaving dead trees all over. I have a 30 acre hill. I am going to try to make swales on the hill side to catch the water I like the idea of planting native grasses though.

[eduardovinuesa]

How come the Texas Hill Country can grow anything let alone high Oak Trees. There is absoluty no soil,
Only a huge mass of sandstone. I would appreciate any info. Thanks

[jcadams]

If you do a conservation easement, always be sure to reserve the natural asset credit that the land trusts won't tell you about.
You don't want your natural asset credit to be sold to a foreign sovereign wealth fund like China that can come back and require extra requirements to make the credit qualify as a credit on the Chicago Commodities Exchange.
Also, the IRS is known to come back and revalue the land at a lower price and require back taxes and penalties to be paid.

Beware that American law recognizes that perpetuities are against the wealth of the country and against public policy.
Given that there are no written records preceding American development, there is no way to claim some certain vegetation existed then or how long prior to the existence of written records.

Cedar makes good fence posts.

[AlanVoges-lbnt]

Always heard cedars suck up water depleting water supply, stunt or choke out live oaks and make great wildfire potential . The single trunk tree can be trimmed up to make nice shade trees but the big round bushy kind are a nuisance. Don’t mulch em if you want grass growing to replace the tree.

[sharonsandmann]

interesting. i have many Juniper trees here. Blue berries not red. We're clearing land to graze cattle .

[ChukaCustoms]

Does Bastrop fall into your jurisdiction? If not would you help with some leads? On a hill that is eroding due to the dry creek.

[susyfrenzel]

Where do I find a schedule of your upcoming field days?

[Marmaduke]

What about the cedar eaters that mulch up the cedar trees. That’s what I’m going to do

[stargazer]

Chop down the mountain cedar and throw em in the fire