Founder & Owner, Barked Up Forestry Mulching · Maiden, NC
Josh Carter started Barked Up Forestry Mulching after working land across western North Carolina and seeing how often property owners got poor results from contractors who did not know the terrain or the equipment. Catawba County land has its own character: the slope grades, the soil conditions, the dense undergrowth that grows back hard if it is not handled correctly. Josh built this company around doing that work right.
When you hire Barked Up Forestry, you work with Josh directly. He walks every property before giving a quote, runs the equipment himself on every job, and stays until the work is finished correctly. His approach to forestry mulching, land clearing, trail cutting, and driveway construction is the same on a small residential lot as it is on a large rural acreage: assess the land, use the right method, leave it better than you found it.
Barked Up Forestry was founded on faith, hard work, and a passion for transforming land. We help property owners reclaim overgrown acreage, improve accessibility, and unlock the full potential of their property through professional forestry mulching and land clearing services. Our commitment is simple: treat every customer honestly, every project professionally, and every piece of land with the care and respect it deserves.
Josh Carter, Founder
Maiden, NC · Serving Catawba County
On the job in Catawba County
This company exists because too many landowners in western North Carolina were paying twice for the same job.
Josh spent years working land across the region before starting this company. He watched property owners hire contractors who brought the wrong equipment, cut corners on difficult terrain, and left jobs that needed to be redone within a season. Catawba County land does not forgive those mistakes, and the cost of fixing them always falls on the landowner.
He started Barked Up Forestry Mulching to offer something different: a clear scope before work begins, equipment matched to the actual conditions on your property, and a finished result that holds. Every decision about how this company operates, from how Josh walks a site before quoting to how he handles steep grades or heavy root systems, comes back to that original problem he set out to fix.
The company is still built the same way it was on day one. Josh handles the work himself, serves the same region he has always known, and takes on jobs he knows he can finish correctly.
These are not slogans. They are how Josh decides whether to take a job and how every job gets done.
Forestry mulching returns organic material to the soil rather than stripping it. Josh clears land in a way that does not damage what is left behind, so your property is ready for whatever comes next.
Josh handles every quote and every job personally. There is no layer between you and the person responsible for the outcome, from the first walkthrough to the final pass.
If a job is difficult, costs more, or will take longer than expected, you will know before the work starts, not after. The quote you approve is the job you get.
Every review below was written by a real customer on Google or Facebook. Nothing here is edited, paid for, or cherry-picked from a bad batch. This is the whole record.
Josh did an AMAZING job on our 3 acre property. He was extremely dependable and cared about the project. He was a man of his word, which can be rare as hen's teeth in today's world. I highly recommend him and his bark mulcher.
Barked Up went beyond my expectations. Wooded area that was impossible to walk through prior to mulching. Beautiful results. They will be getting more of my business in the future for other projects.
Great communication with Josh throughout the entire process. Josh arrived at the time scheduled and worked non stop other than fueling for 6 hours. Cleared our lot exceptionally.
Great experience! Josh was so nice and easy to communicate with. Expectations were exceeded! Very reasonably priced as well. The best around, would definitely recommend!
Josh with Barked Up Forestry was absolutely the greatest to work with! This company has the best prices in the area and does an outstanding job! Josh was punctual, professional and very helpful as I've never used a service like this.
Did a great job on my badly grown up lot. I called for an estimate, he came out to look at the property when he said he would, gave a reasonable price, and did the work he said he would. Would recommend to anyone wanting their land cleared.
Josh is very conscientious, shows up when he says he will and works hard. He is neat and thorough. I was very pleased with his work.
Monday – Friday: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Sunday: Closed
Address: 110 Somerset Dr NW Suite B, Conover, NC 28613
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