[elky] Re: today (ok, yesterday's stuff)

  • From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 22:12:47 -0500

              Well many of the stumps are already several years old and if I
cut them off at ground level they would be there many more years. There
isn't enough moisture in the soil for stump remover bugs to eat away at it.
And the more you leave in the ground the more likely it is to be used by
termites or carpenter ants.

            I have 5 trees to cut down and I will keep for firewood but the
stack will be as far from the house and shop as possible and the soil under
and around it liberally treated with chemicals to kill termites and
carpenter ants.


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                  Robert Adams


On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>> glad to hear you are getting those stumps down. They are a big pain.  Why
>> are you trying to go so deep on them, though?  We cut them off below the
>> surface, sprinkle with stump disolver and cover them up.  Problem solved.
>>  sorry, no before or after pics.  Spent today on the last stump and The Pile
>> By the Driveway is now neatly cut for firewood and stacked.  it's been there
>> a couple years.
>>
>
> Weather has been cloudy, misty mornings but warm, sunny afternoons.  About
> as good as it gets.
>
> Jake gets his staples taken out Friday and Ellie no longer poops in the
> house.  Life is good.
>
> mary
>
>
>
>
>                   Yeah but the humidity has been pretty low lately(below
>> %50 usually).  The 104* stuff is getting old though. I got one stump out
>> last night. That's one out of 14 not including the 5 trees I still need to
>> cut down.
>>
>>                    Luckily there is no clay or rock here so digging in a
>> pleasure. Exactly the opposite of what I'm used to. Course digging in sand
>> isn't the easiest either cause for every foot you go down you have to go
>> over 2' or more. The sand has a tiny bit of moisture when you get a foot
>> down. I can take a flat nosed shovel and easily push it all the way in the
>> ground around the stump to start digging it out.  I just dig out what I can
>> then cut roots then dig and cut more. I want as much out as I can get.
>> Sawsall does some cutting but I'm using the cheapie poulan chainsaw to do
>> most of the cutting. Cuts great considering how much sand it has chewed up.
>> The chains are cheaper than sawsall blades.
>>
>>
>>             Working on getting before pics taken and in progress and after
>> pics. Gotta get them on the computer from the phone tonight. Well headed
>> back out to work more on stump #2. It's only 102* here and no breeze but
>> light shade.
>>
>>
>>
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