Allen, Yes, part of the blackberry & plum thicket removal will be for pasture. Right now, however, we're trying to get a yard half-way established around the house. I've been trimming up some of the trees and they're beginning to look good. Yesterday I found a volunteer native pecan tree and a volunteer pear tree. I felt like I'd struck gold!! We plowed & tilled up garden space (pulling out all of the underground roots) and I planted four rows of condtender beans, two rows of purple onions, three rows of Kennebec potatoes, three kinds of squash, two kinds of cucumbers and a row of French breakfast radishes. I have asparagus crowns waiting to go into the ground. There are many birds on the property and we enjoy them immensely...guess those blackberries and plum thickets are not a total loss! Thanks, Vicki OK