See Bull Springs! (No bathing, no imbibation!)

Maybe you've never heard of Bull Springs, in picturesque rural Dahlgren Township, so here it is, so you can put it on your bucket list, just in case you decide to vacation in Hamilton County, Illinois. Maybe it's true, maybe it's bull-oney.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling, Keep Those Trees A-Rolling!

 When doing your thinning, you should concentrate on dominant and co-dominant trees. Intermediate and overtopped trees have too much catching up to do, so if those trees are pushing on better crowns, go ahead and remove them. Sure, the tree is going to pass out on its own after several more years, after the dominant ones grow up and over it, but in the meantime, they are not expanding their crowns, and growth rings get narrower every year.