Berlin Township is the southwest corner of St. Clair County, fifty minutes from Royal Oak, with Allenton five miles south of the I-69 exit and Berville down the road toward Armada. It is flat farm country: hay and crop fields cut by ditches and hedgerows along Almont, Belle River and Beardsley roads, the Belle River running through it past the old mill site at Lesterville, woodlots and hunting parcels on the back forties, and farmsteads on every section.

The back forty is the Berlin Township job. Most sections here have a woodlot at the far end with a hedgerow running to it, and both have been taking a little more of the field every year since the last fence came down. We grind the hedgerow to a chip strip, push the woodlot edge back to the survey line, reopen the two-track into the woods for the hunters, and the field goes back to full width. Farmsteads and building sites get done on the same trip.

Where we work in Berlin Township: Allenton, Berville, Lesterville and the Almont, Belle River, Beardsley, Sperry and Bordman road corridors.

Common Jobs in Berlin Township

  • Hedgerows ground to a chip strip so both fields can be worked to the line.
  • Woodlot edges pushed back to the survey line where they have taken crop ground.
  • Two-tracks, lanes and plots reopened on the back-forty hunting parcels.
  • Farmsteads: windbreaks, fence rows and the brush around the outbuildings.
  • House sites on the splits, and ditch banks cleared of willow on frozen ground.
Rolling farmland, Southeast Michigan. Field edges and hedgerows are the steady work in farm country.
Rolling farmland, Southeast Michigan. Field edges and hedgerows are the steady work in farm country.
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 Allenton

Can you take out a hedgerow between two fields?

Yes. It comes out as a chip strip along the survey line, the roots stay in the ground and rot, and the field can be worked to the edge. Frozen ground or dry late summer is best.

Do you brush hog open ground?

Yes. Old hay ground that has gone a few seasons without a cut is brush hogged, and the mulcher handles the rows and saplings. See brush hogging.

Overgrown Ground in Allenton?

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