Home base in the upper county
We're based in Damascus, in the upper part of Montgomery County, so the farms and properties around Damascus, Clarksburg, Laytonsville, Boyds, Barnesville, Dickerson and Poolesville are close to home. Much of the upper and western county falls within the Agricultural Reserve, the county's long-standing farmland preservation area, where rolling Piedmont ground is still worked as hay, pasture, crop and horse land.
Farms, horse properties and the Ag Reserve
Horse farms and boarding operations, hay producers and smaller landholdings are a big part of the Reserve. That means steady demand for custom haying during the cutting season, pasture mowing to keep paddocks in shape, and fence-line clearing along the board and wire fences that divide so much of this land. Fields that have sat idle between owners are a natural fit for brush hogging to bring them back into use.
Development, HOAs and commercial ground
Closer to the I-270 corridor and the county's growing communities, the work shifts. Builders and developers need lot clearing and site preparation and grading ahead of construction, and HOAs and property managers need large common areas, stormwater pond edges and easements kept mowed and clear. Montgomery County has its own forest conservation and sediment control requirements, so on development sites we work to the approved plan and limits of disturbance.
Streams, slopes and wooded edges
The county's stream valleys, including the Patuxent along the northern border and the many tributaries that feed the Potomac, mean a lot of properties have wooded edges and slopes where low-disturbance work matters. Forestry mulching and underbrush clearing open up overgrown edges and invasive thickets while leaving the soil largely in place.
After the storm
Summer thunderstorms and wind events regularly scatter limbs across fields and lanes. Our storm debris cleanup gets pastures, hayfields and access roads clear again, with haul-off when the ground needs to be clean.