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Three acres of overgrown horse paddock in East Meon, waist-high grass and self-seeded saplings in tree guards

clearance·August 2026

From Overgrown Woodland Back to Horse Paddocks in East Meon

Three acres of East Meon paddock had been left to nature and grown more than 300 self-seeded trees. Here is how we flailed, felled and chipped it back to open ground in three working days — and why the stumps are waiting until September.

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