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Be honest with me now. I can take a bit of criticism

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  • IHateWeedingIHateWeeding Posts: 49
    If you simply have to remove it I have done similar by digging around and using a cheap recipricating saw to cut the roots.  If you can leave it in place you can drill a couple of holes and cover the stump with earth to speed up the rotting.
  • detainerdetainer Posts: 25
    Spade-Felling  Axe- Chain Saw- HOT bath = Result.
    Many thanks to you all for your advice. 
    Its all appreciated.
    John
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Job well done 👍  

    Glad you had the hot bath before coming here to post tho' 🤣

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • detainerdetainer Posts: 25
    Wondered what the smell was........ kept thinking it was the old bag of horse  manure!!
  • WallflowerBryWallflowerBry Posts: 81
    Getting a stump of that size out fills you with satisfaction and a sense of achievement 👌 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    well done  :)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Nice job @detainer , and now- as Del Boy would say - the world is your lobster  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Good job!  So satisfying when that last bit comes out isn't it?
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    congratulations on a job well done.
    I think you may have earned yourself a glass of fizzy pop.
    Devon.
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