Ask an Agroforester: Tree Protections Systems by Wyn Miller

Wyn Miller talks about and answers questions regarding her experiences using tree protection systems. Wyn is an environmental consultant based in East Tennessee, specializing in climate-smart agriculture, silvopasture, and intergenerational farm transitions. She is a fifth generation farmer and serves as the COO of Lick Skillet Farm () – her family’s century farm. Miller previously worked as a licensed landscape architect in the field of stormwater management and ecological landscape design. Currently she is engaged in developing grazing and land management scenarios that reintegrate native species into southeastern woodlots and pasturelands. For information on the Southeastern Agroforestry Network, email Wyn at wmlandsolutions@. This series is brought to you by ASD’s Agroforestry team, who works to help farmers adopt agroforestry practices that support both conservation and specialty crop production. The Agroforestry team also operates an Herb Hub in Duffield, VA, that provides training, processing facilities, on-farm technical assistance, and marketing support for herb growers. For more information about our work, visit or Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Welcome 4:29 Wyn Miller 5:01 Agenda 7:03 Why Agroforestry 11:12 Lick Skillet Farm’s Current Establishment System 14:53 Energized Plantra Tubes 28:54 Q&A Session Begins 30:28 Wyn’s Upcoming Projects 31:49 Tube Heights and Animal Types 33:22 Electric Wire Netting 37:46 Metal Cages 39:40 Weed Protection Mats 41:51 Trees for Fodder 44:44 Trees for Timber Products 45:15 NTFPs (Orchard & Fruit Trees) 45:57 Tree Spacing 52:00 Trees Per Acre/Animal 53:52 Most Livestock Resistant Trees 56:16 Tree/Animal Combinations 58:54 Tree Maintenance 1:01:39 More About Tree Spacing 1:03:07 Vole Pressure 1:04:04 Slope and Contour 1:06:32 Maintenance in the Initial Years 1:09:43 Cost Tracking System 1:11:10 Resources Specific to the Southeast 1:13:18 Soil Quality and Drought 1:15:00 Final Thought: Trees and Time