Claff
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We had been renting this house for a year and a half but last week we bought it. This means we finally get to take care of the things that bugged us but not enough to risk offending the landlord to actually do.
We had a couple overgrown shrubs on either side of the driveway that just had to go, and now they're gone. Also, in front of the living room window were three more shrubs, very thorny and hardly attractive. They're gone too.
I tried to get as close to the ground while cutting these plants down, and for the most part I succeeded. In the case of the driveway shrub stumps they're low enough to not concern me, though one I'd like to get lower in case I want to park my lowered car in that space. It shouldn't scrape but why chance it? As for the remains of the thorny shrub in front of the living room window, I'd like to put down pavers there and then some sort of bench or porch swing, but that stump will have to be knocked down so I have an even surface to lay the pavers over.
At first I tried to take care of it with a small axe but the stump is tougher than I expected. Can this be done with some sort of chemicals? A neighbor suggested drilling a hole into the stump and pouring salt in; that sounds like it could take a while to work and the wife is hoping to have the area bench-ready sooner rather than later. What's the group's consensus?
We had a couple overgrown shrubs on either side of the driveway that just had to go, and now they're gone. Also, in front of the living room window were three more shrubs, very thorny and hardly attractive. They're gone too.
I tried to get as close to the ground while cutting these plants down, and for the most part I succeeded. In the case of the driveway shrub stumps they're low enough to not concern me, though one I'd like to get lower in case I want to park my lowered car in that space. It shouldn't scrape but why chance it? As for the remains of the thorny shrub in front of the living room window, I'd like to put down pavers there and then some sort of bench or porch swing, but that stump will have to be knocked down so I have an even surface to lay the pavers over.
At first I tried to take care of it with a small axe but the stump is tougher than I expected. Can this be done with some sort of chemicals? A neighbor suggested drilling a hole into the stump and pouring salt in; that sounds like it could take a while to work and the wife is hoping to have the area bench-ready sooner rather than later. What's the group's consensus?
I need to rent the self propelled stump grinder they have there.
....Chicken Houses.....
.I know.,got some friends down south who have several houses, and it is a biatch to get all that stuff approved.
