Erdelac Land Management

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We are a small business that provides turf-to-habitat conversions, invasive plant removal, native plantings, and natural habitat management within Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan.

2 acre former home site and future prairie. After heavy equipment came in to tear down the house and grade the area, the...
05/16/2026

2 acre former home site and future prairie.

After heavy equipment came in to tear down the house and grade the area, the client was left with heavily compacted soil and increasing erosion.

Our solution to both issues is our soil conditioner attachment. This tool brakes up the compacted soil and prepares the area for seeding of native prairie species.

05/16/2026

Single pass seedbed preparation. Our Toro soil conditioner is an absolute beast!

04/12/2026

Once ignitions are finished you put the drip torch down and become a spectator for a minute or two. Eventually the head fire meets the backing fire, all fuel is consumed and the Rx fire puts itself out.

04/11/2026

Spring is a great time to plant bare root saplings. This is how we do it with a tree spade shovel.

INVASIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT - Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) is infamous for its ability to spread rapidly and create mono...
04/10/2026

INVASIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT - Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) is infamous for its ability to spread rapidly and create monoculture. Once established, the stem density eventually becomes so thich, a monoculture is the end result. Non-native plant monocultures destroy natural habitat. Natural habitats can only thrive with native biodiversity.

The white circles are mature trees from one adjoining neighbor. The red rectangle is an area infested with Callery pear only 3 seasons after the other neighbor stopped mowing behind their barn!

The picture was taken while we were mowing a prairie as part of annual maintenance. Burning this prairie is not an option due to close proximity to the neighbors. Mowing each spring closely mimics fires ability to consume dead vegetation from the previous growing season. Additional maintenance of this created natural habitat requires fall cutting and treating of Callery pear, along with other invasive tree and shrub species. During the growing season, we are currently foliar spraying 3 species of non-native thistles and common mugwort (Artemisia vulgare).

Growing season pictures of the managed prairie and the beautiful native wildflowers within it are in the comments.

NATIVE HIGHLIGHTWe would like to highlight a native woodland plant known as Round Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana or ...
04/03/2026

NATIVE HIGHLIGHT

We would like to highlight a native woodland plant known as Round Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana or Anemone americana).

This guy is an early bloomer perennial (February-May), so it it great food source for our early risers (i.e. bees, flies, beetles and overwintering Leptoptera). Unfortunately like most spring wildflowers, the blooms are fleeting. One could easily miss the blooming period for hepaticas, especially with how low to the ground the plant grows.

It has a close relative known as Sharp Lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba or Anemone acutiloba). Hepaticas belong to the Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) Family. Leaves can stay green throughout winter and the flowers are blue, purple, or white in color.

This is a great addition to any woodland garden.

Below are photos of Round Lobed Hepatica blooming earlier this spring.

🔋 ⚡️ fuel transfer pump = No spills and no back pain!
03/27/2026

🔋 ⚡️ fuel transfer pump = No spills and no back pain!

03/21/2026

16" diameter Black cherry🪾 that fell across a hiking trail
💚🔋💪⚡️

Stihl hand saw (left)We have to go up and down snow covered dunes cutting oriental bittersweet etc. 6" diameter maxTop h...
12/31/2025

Stihl hand saw (left)
We have to go up and down snow covered dunes cutting oriental bittersweet etc. 6" diameter max

Top handle 12" Ego (middle)
We are on flatish ground cutting shrubs and vines or walking a half mile to cut a 14" diameter max tree(s) blocking a trail

20" Ego commercial duty (right)
We are definitely on flat ground and definitely not bending up and down too much while cutting invasive Locust, tree of heaven or Siberia elm

Electric saws for all occasions, cuz we ain't getting no younger! ⚡️🔋💪

This gnarly tip-up blocking a hiking trail persuaded us to dust off Ol Gassy, the single remaining gas powered tool in o...
12/28/2025

This gnarly tip-up blocking a hiking trail persuaded us to dust off Ol Gassy, the single remaining gas powered tool in our hand-held equipment cache.

Could our battery saws have done the job? Absolutely!
Would that be pushing the limits of a battery saw? For sure!

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Laporte, IN
46350

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