Dryden Township is rolling farm-and-woods country between Metamora and Almont, with the Polly Ann Trail running up the old rail grade through the village, General Squier Memorial Park on Mill Road, Seven Ponds Nature Center on the Metamora side, and the Belle River rising in the south of the township. The parcels along Dryden, Rochester, Hough and Bordman roads are five to forty acres: horse farms, hunting ground, and new houses going up on the splits.

What we see here is pasture gone to autumn olive and hawthorn, hedgerows gone to box elder and grapevine, woodlot edges creeping into hay fields, and trails and lanes shut with cherry saplings. Dryden is about fifty minutes from Royal Oak. Everything is ground into a chip layer in place, and one project price covers the travel.

Where we work in Dryden Township: the Village of Dryden, Thornville and the Dryden, Rochester, Mill, Hough and Bordman road corridors.

Common Jobs in Dryden Township

  • Hunting trails, shooting lanes and food plots on the wooded parcels, cleared before the season.
  • Pasture and paddock reclamation on the horse farms, with fence lines opened.
  • Hedgerows and field edges ground back to the line so the hay ground is mowable to the fence.
  • Building sites for new homes and barns on the splits, cleared to the footprint and drive.
  • Trail cutting and brush-outs for side-by-side access on the larger parcels.
Deer crossing a harvested field, Southeast Michigan. Field edges are where the hunting and the brush both happen.
Deer crossing a harvested field, Southeast Michigan. Field edges are where the hunting and the brush both happen.
What a mulched area looks like when we leave: a chip layer over intact roots, ready to seed or mow.
What a mulched area looks like when we leave: a chip layer over intact roots, ready to seed or mow.

Questions We Hear in Dryden

Can you clear a building site and leave the big trees?

Yes. Flag the keepers and we clear the house footprint, the drive line and the septic area around them. The chip layer can be graded or built over, and there is no stump pile to deal with.

Do you do food plots?

Yes, from the first clearing through to plantable ground. Our food plot guide explains how we prepare a plot and when to do it.

Overgrown Ground in Dryden?

Send the address and a few photos through the quote form, or call. You will get one project price for the whole job, travel included.

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