Tree stumps

Hi all,

I was just looking at this thread and marvelling at the back-breaking work done. In my rental garden (it won't be mine unless we buy a place!) there are two or three stumps to deal with, but I don't know the best or easiest way to do it.

One is out back, cut to around a foot of the earth. Another is out front and has been cut below the surface. The former is thin, the latter a huge great big round thing. Note that neither is obtrusive, just annoying!

1happychick mentioned drilling holes in them and leaving them to rot: does this work well?

I'm a touch leery of digging them out - partly because it's not my garden and partly because the back garden one is right next to a shrub and the front one is near the wall.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Edit - I can't spell.

[ May 17, 2005, 09:04 AM: Message edited by: SpikeTheLobster ]

 

yes Spike ...drill come holes then mix SBK with some sump oil... you can get from any garage and slowly let it seep in... take a while but works and will die then and rot... or put a round piece of wood on top for bird table... for the time being...water and food... or make a pew of it, if it's in right place to admire your work lol...

 

I agree, particularly when its not your own. No point breaking your back for someone elses benefit. There are several products on the market to do this very thing but sump oil is inevitably cheaper. Not sure on the environmental issues though. Anyway, I'd try it.

Having a stump close to a wall makes it very difficult to swing an axe. Next to a shrub could also be a recipe for disaster :eek:

Seems as good an idea as any to make a feature of it ! Best of luck

 

Thanks for the tips. One follow-up question... uh, what's SBK?