Forestry Mulching
A forestry mulching head on our skid loader grinds brush and small trees where they stand. The mulch stays on the ground and covers the soil.
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Garnett is the Anderson County seat, where US-59 meets K-31. Past the city limits, the county is farm and pasture country. Pastures and fence rows left alone fill in with brush and small cedars. Inside town, an overgrown lot can draw a weed notice from the city.
Nickell's Land Management is a land clearing company based in Parker, about 14 miles east of Garnett. Garnett and the rest of Anderson County are part of our service area. We take on brush clearing, lot clearing, site prep and pond work here with a skid loader and an excavator. Call or text (620) 252-9314, and we will look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us what the land needs and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 529 farms in Anderson County. Those farms held 87,778 acres of pasture and 13,787 acres of woods. Once a grown-in pasture is cleared, the brush has to go somewhere.
Some landowners pile the brush and burn it later. On farm ground, the county fire department says brush piles need a burn permit from the Anderson County Communications Center. In some weather, a burn ban may be in place. Burning brush from a building site needs a written request approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Forestry mulching skips the burn pile. Our skid loader's forestry mulching head grinds brush and small trees in place, and the mulch stays on the ground. For a grown-over fence row, fence line clearing opens the line so a new fence can go up.
Garnett had 3,242 people at the 2020 Census. Census estimates show half of its homes were built by 1957. About 35 percent were built in 1939 or earlier, and nearly 9 in 10 are single-family houses.
The city code counts brush and woody vines as weeds. When the city sends a weed notice, you have 10 days to cut the growth. Past that window, the city can cut it and bill you, and an unpaid bill goes on the property tax.
Our brush clearing opens up a grown-over lot or back corner. The skid loader clears brush and saplings, and the excavator pulls the roots that need to come out.
NRCS soil maps put most of Garnett on silty clay loams and silt loams, such as Wagstaff and Kenoma. Across Anderson County, Woodson soils cover the most ground. Water moves through Kenoma and Woodson soils very slowly. Woodson and Summit soils can hold water within 3 feet of the surface from late fall into spring.
Limestone sits near the surface in parts of town. Wagstaff and Clareson soils have limestone 20 to 40 inches down, and the maps show rock outcrop in places. Shallow rock can limit how deep a pond basin or a wall base goes.
We check for wet clay and shallow rock when we come out to see the job. Lot clearing on this ground pulls the stumps and roots out with the excavator. Site prep then levels the ground and rough grades the building area for your builder.
Inside the city limits, the city code requires a building permit before a new home or an outbuilding goes up. A new fence needs a permit too. The city's Director of Inspection and Planning enforces the building codes, and homes follow the 2018 International Residential Code.
FEMA's current flood maps for Garnett are dated March 8, 2022. They put almost all of the town outside the floodplain. Where a mapped flood zone does reach, the city code requires a floodplain development permit before any grading or fill.
The city code also asks for an engineer's drainage study on most new development. One new house, or a project under half an acre, is exempt. On rural land outside the city, Anderson County Planning and Zoning issues building permits and enforces the county's zoning rules. We point you to the right office before work starts.
Communities and areas we serve around Garnett: Lake Garnett, Crystal Lake, Cedar Valley Reservoir, Prairie Spirit Trail, Courthouse Square, US-59, K-31, Westgate Road, North Lake Road, Greeley, Kincaid.
Garnett ZIP codes served: 66032.
Garnett is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(620) 252-9314 A forestry mulching head on our skid loader grinds brush and small trees where they stand. The mulch stays on the ground and covers the soil.
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We open up pasture and yards that brush and young trees have taken over. A forestry mulching head grinds the brush, and the excavator pulls bigger stems by the roots.
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We clear building lots and parcels around Parker, Kansas, with an excavator and a skid loader. The stumps get pulled, roots and all.
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We level and rough grade cleared ground for a new home or a shop. Then we cut in the access so the builder can start.
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We clear volunteer cedars and hedge out of fence rows and tree lines with an excavator and a skid loader. The line opens back up so a new fence can go in or a field edge can come back.
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We build new farm and home ponds with an excavator and a skid loader. We dig the basin and build the dam, then shape the banks and the spillway.
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We dig the silt and muck out of old farm and home ponds with an excavator. Then we clear and reshape the overgrown banks and the dam.
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We build retaining walls where a bank or a grade change needs holding. The base under the wall and the drainage behind it are part of the job.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Garnett. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the form with the town and a few words about the land. You can also call or text (620) 252-9314.
Tell us what the land needs and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.