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Appendix E
Hedgerow Installation and Maintenance Cost Estimates
For one hedgerow 1400 feet long x 15 feet
wide (~.5 acre) planted with a
strip of native grasses next to a line of shrubs.
Labor costs are estimated at $10/hr.
|
Task |
Date of |
Labor |
Material |
Equipment |
Total |
|
Hedgerow Installation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hedgerow design |
Nov. 96 |
$260.00 |
Survey flags: $8.00 |
|
$268.00 |
|
Roundup: summer weed control |
Aug. 96 |
$20.00 |
Roundup $30.00 |
ATV+sprayer: $8.08 |
$58.08 |
|
Disk: pre-plant weed control |
Oct. 96 |
$10.00 |
|
Tractor+disc: $18.08 |
$28.09 |
|
Bed preparation: plants/grasses |
Oct. 96 |
$10.00 |
|
Tractor+bedshaper: $14.33 |
$24.33 |
|
Fertilize-preplant (tablets) |
Nov. 96 |
$20.00 |
Fertilizer: $43.50 |
|
$63.50 |
|
Plant trees, shrubs, and forbs |
Nov. 96 |
$120.00 |
Plants: $500 |
|
$620.00 |
|
Install 2' Tubex tree tubes |
Nov. 96 |
$50.00 |
Tubex: $172.00 |
|
$222.50 |
|
Plant grasses (broadcast) |
Nov. 96 |
$20.00 |
Seed: $275.00 |
|
$295.00 |
|
Harrow to cover grass seed |
Nov. 96 |
$10.00 |
|
ATV+harrow: $4.04 |
$14.04 |
|
Roundup: annual weed control |
Nov. 96 |
$10.00 |
Roundup: $15.00 |
|
$25.00 |
|
Ronstar-G: apply in plant row |
Nov. 96 |
$10.00 |
Ronstar-G" $75.00 |
|
$85.00 |
|
Install drip irrigation system |
Mar. 97 |
$100.00 |
Drip supplies: $200.00 |
|
$300.00 |
|
Total Installation |
|
$640.00 |
$1,319.00 |
$44.54 |
$2,003.54 |
|
Hedgerow Maintenance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,4 D: Broadleaf weed control |
Mar. 97 |
$10.00 |
2,4 D: $20.00 |
ATV+sprayer: $4.04 |
$34.04 |
|
Hoe hedge plant row* |
Mar.-Sep.97 |
$250.00 |
|
|
$250.00 |
|
Irrigate twice/mo. |
Mar.-Oct.97 |
$250.00 |
Emitters/plugs: $8.25 |
|
$258.25 |
|
Mow grasses: annual weed control |
Apr. 97 |
$10.00 |
|
Tractor+mower: $10.19 |
$20.19 |
|
Remove Tubex |
Apr-May 97 |
$20.00 |
|
|
$20.00 |
|
Roundup: spot-spray |
May-Jun 97 |
$20.00 |
Roundup: $15 |
|
$35.00 |
|
Fertilize: preplant (tablets) |
Sep. 97 |
$10.00 |
Fertilizer: $8.70 |
|
$18.70 |
|
Replant trees, shrubs & forbs |
Sep. 97 |
$80.00 |
Plants: $100.00 |
|
$180.00 |
|
2,4 D: spot-spray in grasses |
Sep. 97 |
$10.00 |
2,4 D: $10.00 |
|
$20.00 |
|
Flame: annual grass weed control |
Oct. 97 |
$10.00 |
Propane: $15.00 |
ATV+flamer: $4.04 |
$29.04 |
|
Ronstar-G: entire hedgerow |
Oct. 97 |
$20.00 |
Ronstar-G: $225.00 |
|
$245.00 |
|
Mow grasses twice: weed control |
Mar-May 98 |
$20.00 |
|
Tractor+mower: $20.38 |
$40.38 |
|
Hoe hedge plant row |
Jun-Jul 98 |
$120.00 |
|
|
$120.00 |
|
Irrigate twice/mo. |
Apr-Sep 98 |
$200.00 |
|
|
$200.00 |
|
Hoe hedge plant row |
Jun-Jul 98 |
$120.00 |
|
|
$120.00 |
|
Herbicide: 2,4 D (in grasses) |
Aug. 98 |
$10.00 |
2,4 D: $10.00 |
|
$20.00 |
|
Total Maintenance |
|
$1,160.00 |
$411.95 |
$38.65 |
$1,610.60 |
|
Total Cost |
|
$1,800.00 |
$1,730.95 |
$83.19 |
$3,614.14 |
E1) Kimball, Mary, and C. Lamb. 1999. Establishing Hedgerows for Pest Control and Wildlife. p. 19. In: Bring Farm Edges Back to Life! Yolo County Resource Conservation District, Woodland, CA. 105 p.
