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

  • From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 03:45:36 -0500

My back is sore just looking at those pictures. Place looks great though!

JC

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>               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.
>
>
>            Here is a link to the page with pics. It will be added to every
> so often. http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/elcam84/new%20house/
>
>
>                   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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>>
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>>
>

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