How to Remove a Stump in 2 - 3 Days Instead of 2 - 3 years

How to Remove a Stump
in 2 - 3 Days Instead
of 2 - 3 years

I have been waiting for my tree man to come
and grind this stump out but business has been
slow, so they haven't needed to rent a stump
grinder and they were not sure how long it
would be before they would be using one. I
waited three weeks and then decided if I
wanted to finish the garden beds, I would need
to take matters into my own hands. What you
see in the picture is only part of the stump.
When we cleared the dirt away we discovered it
had a broad base. A friend had come out to see
if he could cut it closer to the ground but
the wood proved harder than his chain saw
could handle, So there was still more stump
above ground then would be good for a garden
bed.

Piled charcoal all over the stump and kept
adding more and more briquet's as the old ones
burned down.
To prevent your yard from catching fire due
to the breezes blowing around sparks, Covered
it with a flipped over galvanized oil pan.
About 1/2 the stump was gone. Poked the loose
stuff, scooped off the excess charcoal dust so
as not to get the growth inhibitor coating of
the charcoal into a good growing soil; and
began the process of adding more burning
briquets to what remained.
The point in burning the stump was to reduce
it down to ground level.
This was a quick, easy solution. If you try
this at home, do be careful. Don't go for "I
want to get every last root burned out."

February 6, 2014 - There has been a
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Source: http://yankeegardeninginsoutheasttexas.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-toremove-stump-in-2-3-days-instead.html