My grandma decided to have a pine tree get cut down a year ago and under it was a pile of rocks. She lives in a cookie cutter neighborhood and wants it to look nice again. It's pretty hard to pick at because there are a lot of rocks dug down and thick roots in between that.
What's the approach to this type of project? Just good old shovel work? Or do we clear a part of the rocks out by Shovel and get that stump removed then rent a machine to clear the rest out?
(Looking for budget options to get this done willing to go more if it requires)
by AdBackground7698
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Plant a native flowery shrub or some evergreen beside the stump, with low growing branches, it will cover everything and it will prevent stump from growing and will look beautiful. Putting herbicide on the stump this way is not necessary (but you might get a comment here to soak it in roundup or something). If you go this route- avoid any spraying of lawn nearby because your branches will be close to grass and chemical can end up on those branches of this new plant and may damage or destroy it.
You have a small stump… burn it out. Always wanted to try this. You drill holes in it and pour alcohol or cooking grease in the holes and light, but watch videos on it. Then you need a rake and grass seed or pick out a nice bush and place in this area.
Cant you rent a small trunk grinder?
Remove the existing soil, rocks, and replace it with good soil. Lots of grass seed and fertilizer, then water daily for a year.
Rake out as much rocks as you can and line the house with them to keep grass from the edges. You can plant a clover blend to fill in the greens in rocky areas too. You could also do fescue grass.
Dig out the rock, burn the stump, then throw some top soil on it and give it some fertilizer. It probably will need some nutrients too so you could get a soil test on the newly ordered top soil to know what to do. From here your gonna wanna get some good seed down. Reasonably if you get started here soon you should have it ready for over seeding time this fall
Clean soil, grass seed, elbow grease.
There’s a ton of options. They all require work though
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