Armada is orchard and farm country in the northeast of Macomb County, forty-five minutes from Royal Oak: the Armada Fair, cider mills on Armada Center Road, Coon Creek and its east branch, the Macomb Orchard Trail on the old rail grade, and flat forty-acre fields cut by ditches and hedgerows along Armada Ridge, North Avenue and 33 Mile, with five- to forty-acre parcels and hunting ground toward Bruce and the Lapeer County line.

Old orchard ground is the Armada specialty. A block of apple rows that has not been pruned in fifteen years is a solid mass of suckers, brush and volunteer cherry, and it comes out one row at a time, ground to chips the disk can go straight through. Around the blocks the hedgerows and the Coon Creek banks get the same treatment, and the farmsteads on the fair side of town get their windbreaks and fence rows cleaned up when they change hands.

Where we work in Armada Township: the Village of Armada, Armada Township and the Armada Ridge, Armada Center, North Avenue, 32 Mile, 33 Mile, Romeo Plank and Ridge road corridors.

Common Jobs in Armada Township

  • Old orchard blocks ground out row by row and returned to field.
  • Hedgerows between fields ground to a chip strip at the survey line.
  • Coon Creek and ditch banks cleared of willow and box elder on frozen ground.
  • Farmsteads changing hands: windbreaks, fence rows and the brush around the outbuildings.
  • Building sites on the splits toward Bruce Township and the Lapeer County line.
Farm country, Southeast Michigan: big fields, woodlots in the corners, and hedgerows between them.
Farm country, Southeast Michigan: big fields, woodlots in the corners, and hedgerows between them.
What a mulched area looks like when we leave: a chip layer over intact roots, ready to disk or seed.
What a mulched area looks like when we leave: a chip layer over intact roots, ready to disk or seed.

Questions We Hear in Armada

How long does an orchard block take?

An acre of overgrown rows is typically a day. We walk it first, flag anything you want to keep, and price the block as one project.

Do you brush hog open fields?

Yes. A brush hog handles grass and light brush on open ground, and the mulcher takes the rows and the saplings. See brush hogging.

Overgrown Ground in Armada?

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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