Building a privacy berm?

[Roofer1]

neighbor is selling his field next to my hunting property and I'm considering it. looking for anyone that would have some knowledge on building privacy berms along a county road. would a good place to start be the county? DOT? is there any "gotcha's" that I should look out for before making the investment in the land? generally, looking for some basic knowledge on the process of seeing if it's even possible. if it matters this would be in western WI.

 

[timberland]

If you have an open field, what about planting a screen instead? lots of food plot companies market egyptian wheat or the like, for quick results and back it up with white spruce and cedars. deer appreciate the cover as a bonus. where in western WI?

we access some of our stands by walking past switchgrass, get in the stand and have deer bedded that we have just walked by, like within 10-15 yds.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Moving dirt can be pretty expensive.

In Oregon we have some kind of stipulation on how much dirt can be hauled onto or off a personal property a year without getting more involved with paperwork.

My Dad built I giant berm next to the highway, but that was the 90s, used his own equipment, didn’t haul in much dirt, and didn’t give a F.

I’d get the ground bought then look at options.

 

[Roofer1]

Not sure I've got he patience for trees , but that was my "option 2". It's in buffalo county so the angle of the drop off from the road, across the field, and too the wood line (where my property starts now) I'm not sure that some of the grasses would work? I've used 6 rows of corn alot in the past on other properties but wanted to get away from doing things on a yearly basis.

 

[bozeman]

Egyptian wheat is your friend........

 

[wind gypsy]

I planted rows of spruce trees, starting some hybrid willows too. That is going to take forever to be an effective screen so in the mean time I’m also planting annual sorghum. A more permanent and effective grass solution would be miscanthus. Miscanthus would be more labor intensive to establish but you won’t have to work on it every year.

This is northwoods whitetail HD plot screen and some Egyptian wheat mixed. The Hd plot screen is a sorghum variety that stands up to wind and snow much better than Egyptian wheat.

 

[Carrot Farmer]

#1 check with County Planning to make damn sure you’re not working within the easement.

#2 contact local Soil&Water Conservation District. There may be grant $ to plant filter/erosion/wind breaks


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[Roofer1]

Thanks for the input so far. Really wanted to stay away from the annual planting stuff but thinking either way I'll have to use it for at least a year until I do my research on the berm.

 

[Burnsie]

Miscanthus is tall and hearty. It was a big thing around here for awhile. Several farmers/investors were touting it for Bio fuels. Grind it up and pelletize it for heating. Never got off the ground.

 

[holder171]

Miscanthus is tall and hearty. It was a big thing around here for awhile. Several farmers/investors were touting it for Bio fuels. Grind it up and pelletize it for heating. Never got off the ground.

Still doing the miscanthus here in Iowa city to burn at the power plant. Want to claim it’s efficient even though the have to ship it all to a mill in Wisconsin then ship it all back lol


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[Glendon Mullins]

I planted rows of spruce trees, starting some hybrid willows too. That is going to take forever to be an effective screen so in the mean time I’m also planting annual sorghum. A more permanent and effective grass solution would be miscanthus. Miscanthus would be more labor intensive to establish but you won’t have to work on it every year.

This is northwoods whitetail HD plot screen and some Egyptian wheat mixed. The Hd plot screen is a sorghum variety that stands up to wind and snow much better than Egyptian wheat.
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