Kodie's Lawn Service
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Use a chain saw and cut a line the stump and then burn it cheap and easy way to do it
Before and After
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If you do the stump burn here you have to get a permit. If a utility line is anywhere near they will not issue you a permit. If you burn one without a permit the fire department comes and puts out your stump. Then they charge you for the service and the city fines you for burning without a permit. Stump grinders have to get a permit. They also have to have a large insurance policy. None of them will grind near an underground pipe. All of them give you a quote to grind plus the price for hitting any rock bigger than a sandwich as well as a brick, cement block, or a chunk of iron. Most stumps here either stay there for 40 or 50 years or they get poor boyed into submission like this fellow did.
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Before and After - Part 2
Last time I showed y'all my back yard tree stump removal and refill. Today I just finished a similar job in my front yard, but only have an after photo. This time I'm trying Scotts Turf Grow for grass, instead of the Miracle Grow I used last time, which is more suitable for garden plants. It took 12 40lb bags of fill dirt plus nearly 2 bags of Scotts to get about 1" of cover for seeding. I used a handheld broadcast spreader to seed with perennial rye grass, which is the same type I used in my back yard. I got most of the elm tree stump out with a crow bar and hand sledge hammer, except for a couple of very hard tentacle roots, which I laboriously ground down with my 10" battery powered chainsaw until they were at least 1" below the surface. Today is the first day that I dared uncover my outside faucets to attach a garden hose, so I could water the seeded soil. We've had some hard freezes at night up until recently, but the forcast for the next few weeks is for much warmer weather, so hopefully I won't have to cover the faucets any more until late fall.
Last time I showed y'all my back yard tree stump removal and refill. Today I just finished a similar job in my front yard, but only have an after photo. This time I'm trying Scotts Turf Grow for grass, instead of the Miracle Grow I used last time, which is more suitable for garden plants. It took 12 40lb bags of fill dirt plus nearly 2 bags of Scotts to get about 1" of cover for seeding. I used a handheld broadcast spreader to seed with perennial rye grass, which is the same type I used in my back yard. I got most of the elm tree stump out with a crow bar and hand sledge hammer, except for a couple of very hard tentacle roots, which I laboriously ground down with my 10" battery powered chainsaw until they were at least 1" below the surface. Today is the first day that I dared uncover my outside faucets to attach a garden hose, so I could water the seeded soil. We've had some hard freezes at night up until recently, but the forcast for the next few weeks is for much warmer weather, so hopefully I won't have to cover the faucets any more until late fall.
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Nice job removing the stump. I did not know that you were a lawn artist as the shape reminds me of a hurdler. :laughing:
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Nice job removing the stump. I did not know that you were a lawn artist as the shape reminds me of a hurdler. :laughing:
I see it! :laughing: It kind of reminds me of the state of Texas flipped and rotated! :tongue:
