Land Clearing: Steps for Developing a Vacant Property in Florida

Florida is a rapidly growing state, and with that growth there is a need for more space for homes and businesses. We often get land-clearing requests from property owners and potential property owners that are looking to develop a vacant property for the first time. More often than not, they are unaware of the best… Read more »

What to Consider When Hiring a Land-Clearing Service

There are many factors to consider when you are in the market to hire a land-management company. At ShadowCat Services, we believe the top two items are quality on-site service and sincere customer service. Another factor is price. We specialize in forestry mulching clearing, which is often a cost-effective option to older clearing services, because… Read more »

To Mulch or Not to Mulch?

When speaking with a potential customer that is looking for land-clearing services, the first thing we do is ask a specific series of questions that allows us to understand the scope of work on the property and most importantly-are we the best option for the job. Most of the time that equates to is our… Read more »

Forestry Mulching: Environmentally Friendly Land Clearing

Forestry mulching has emerged as a popular and environmentally friendly land clearing method. ShadowCat Services uses a CAT289D3 fitted with a HKM316 Forestry Mulcher to grind trees, brush, and other vegetation into small chips that can be left on the ground as a natural mulch. In this blog post, we will explore how forestry mulching… Read more »

The Problem with Palmettos

It is hard to escape having palmettos on your property. Having a few palmettos is manageable; however, having a large concentration of them can be a nightmare. Saw Palmetto, commonly referred to as “Palmetto”, is a shrubby palm species native to Florida. They typically grow in clumps about five to ten feet tall and spreads… Read more »

Support Local Small Businesses!

During these rough times with the global pandemic, ShadowCat appreciates all the people have used our services on their properties. Without your support these times would be very trying. One by product of the global pandemic has been the large amounts of layoffs. This has lead to many industries being saturated by untrained people attempting… Read more »

To Bushhog or not to Bushhog!

I am often asked about bushhogging and the difference between bushhogging and forestry mulching. Bushhogging is for grass and bushes, and forestry mulching is for thick overgrowth and small trees… but a question remains, why is some bushhogging cheaper than others? Bushhogging is really two types of cutting. There is the basic grass bushhogging. This… Read more »

ShadowCat Land Management Blog

Welcome to ShadowCat’s blog. Periodically I will post about events for ShadowCat and also provide details about different projects I am working on so you can see how your project may be similar from start to finish. As noted in the “About” page, I was a Computer Software engineer for 22 years in Central Florida…. Read more »