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Spring is a great time to do sapling maintenance, at least here on the fertile soil. When the snow melts, there are no bugs in the air yet and, importantly, hay and sedge have not yet risen to hinder the clearing sawing work. When the soil is clear from the winter, it is easy to see where to push the blade. This saves you from being hit by rocks. In addition, the weather is usually still humane in spring and not too hot - or at least that is usually the case... For the reasons mentioned above, I like clearing birch groves the most in spring. Of course, sawn stumps sprout somewhat already in the summer, but so do stumps sawn in the autumn the following spring. Here is a short video from one day of the birch groves' fury. The area in the birch groves was just over a hectare and the saplings varied in quality. I cleared the most difficult slopes with snowshoes already during the snowstorms. Old ruins and ditch banks are also challenging for loggers, but mainly clear old field soil. This was the second time I cleared these birch groves. The next thinning will be done in a couple of years. The second part of the clearing will be done later, where mixed spruce/birch/pine seedlings will be cleared in the heat.