Vacation next week. My attempt at landscaping.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Hopefully by the end of next week, the back of my yard will resemble this.

I will be renting a tiller.
Buying brick boarder.
Buying lots and lots of pretty dirt.

Should be interesting.

LloydXmas

K

81

#savethegazebo

justam

I hope your project is successful SPEEDY. Post pictures when you are done!

peacefrompaul

Burn it

SPEEDY MCCREADY

justam wrote:

I hope your project is successful SPEEDY. Post pictures when you are done!

Yeah I am going to take before and after.
Who am I kidding?
This will take me a month!

Right now the back of the yard is a mess. It looks like a garbage dump. Stone, weeds, more stone, more weeds.

QuarterToTen

Hard work yet such a truly satisfying endeavor to be enjoyed for years to come!

The transformation will be amazing.
Happy tilling!

:P

SPEEDY MCCREADY

81 wrote:

#savethegazebo

The gazebo is going down!!!

Im also thinking of doing the Cubs game Tuesday night.

Temps supposed to be in the mid 80's.
Havent hit a night game at Wrigley in YEARS.

justam

Speedy, I think before and after photos will be fun to see.

I have a summer project in mind for our back and side yards. My work-crew will be me and my teen age sons. :? :P

justam

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

justam wrote:

I hope your project is successful SPEEDY. Post pictures when you are done!

Yeah I am going to take before and after.
Who am I kidding?
This will take me a month!

Right now the back of the yard is a mess. It looks like a garbage dump. Stone, weeds, more stone, more weeds.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

QuarterToTen

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

What is the circumference of the stump? After you chopped it down last year did it continue to grow?

Using rock salt can contaminate the surrounding dirt rendering it virtually useless for growing anything else, unfortunately.

Splitting it with an axe and pouring gasoline or anti-freeze, just a little, directly in the base will definitely kill it.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

QuarterToTen wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

What is the circumference of the stump? After you chopped it down last year did it continue to grow?

Using rock salt can contaminate the surrounding dirt rendering it virtually useless for growing anything else, unfortunately.

Splitting it with an axe and pouring gasoline or anti-freeze, just a little, directly in the base will definitely kill it.

Ok.
So I dig around the stump, say a foot under ground level, split the fucker with a chainsaw, pour anti-freeze on it, and then I can cover it up with dirt and never think about it again?

LloydXmas

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

How far from the fence. My old man and I removed a bunch of tree stumps the last couple of years. We cut it down as far as we could and dug around the stump. Cut the roots with cutters/saw and then tied a rope around what we could and pulled it out with my truck. Again. If its too close to your neighbors fence, you might ruin it. Maybe you can remove that panel of fence before you start digging.

QuarterToTen

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

QuarterToTen wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

What is the circumference of the stump? After you chopped it down last year did it continue to grow?

Using rock salt can contaminate the surrounding dirt rendering it virtually useless for growing anything else, unfortunately.

Splitting it with an axe and pouring gasoline or anti-freeze, just a little, directly in the base will definitely kill it.

Ok.
So I dig around the stump, say a foot under ground level, split the fucker with a chainsaw, pour anti-freeze on it, and then I can cover it up with dirt and never think about it again?

Exactly.

No need to even go that deep, just split it at ground level, enough to get the anti-freeze down into it's growing base.

I love yard destruction and the subsequent rejuvenation.

:P

SPEEDY MCCREADY

LloydXmas wrote:

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

How far from the fence. My old man and I removed a bunch of tree stumps the last couple of years. We cut it down as far as we could and dug around the stump. Cut the roots with cutters/saw and then tied a rope around what we could and pulled it out with my truck. Again. If its too close to your neighbors fence, you might ruin it. Maybe you can remove that panel of fence before you start digging.

Its right on the fence. Im gonna go with dousing it with chemicals, covering it up, and see what happens.

rick1zoo2

dynamite

RKCNDY

I had some trees that we cut down a year ago. This year, I drilled a bunch of holes in the stumps, and they pretty much broke up into nothing. Okay, so maybe they were rotting because it rains so much here.

Anywho, I have a planter like the one you posted. All I have to say is, I hope you don't have a lot of cats in the neighborhood...to them, that thing looks like a luxury litter box. I ripped up the entire planter earlier this year, cleaned out probably 25lbs of cat poop :x . Then I put down the weed stop fabric, and hardware cloth on top of that to prevent them from digging around. Before we get rid of the truck, I'm going to the rock yard and filling the planter with river rock.

F'in neighborhood cats... :evil:

norm

Who Princess

There's a product called stump killer that you can buy at the garden center. Cut the stump down as far as you can, then pour stump killer across the cut surface. You'll kill the stump and won't get chemicals in the ground around it. Gasoline or antifreeze may sound tempting but they'll probably stay in the dirt forever.

This technique has worked for me many times. I got rid of lots of weed trees when we first moved into our house and I still have to do it occasionally when something manages to grow where I don't want it to. Like along a fence.

PJ-Cubs

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

And now a question about removing a tree stump.

So the tree? weed? whatever the fuck it is, is right next to the fence. Last year I cut most of the fucking thing down(Chainsaws rock!), but I still need to attack the last 3-5 feet of this thing. I cant see myself removing the stump without completely fucking up the neighbors fence. So what am I to do? I can dig around the stump and chop off as much as possible, but then what? I have read, that if I drill some holes in the stump, and pack it with rock salt, it will sooner or later die. If I do this, can I just pack it with salt, cover the fucker up with fresh dirt, and never worry about it again?

Any other ideas? Like I said its right up against the fence, and digging it out of the ground would almost be impossible.

Drill a bunch of holes in the stump (the bigger the better) and pour some Stump Out (local hardware store should have it) into the holes. Wait a couple months and you will be able to pull it out of the ground with your hands.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

So after busting our asses for 4 hours, I told Kathy I was going to take a break. Kathy decided she was going to the store and pick up some steaks.

In the 20 minutes that she was gone.

I knocked that FUCKING GAZEBO down to the ground!!!!!

81

#rebuildthegazebo

peacefrompaul

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

So after busting our asses for 4 hours, I told Kathy I was going to take a break. Kathy decided she was going to the store and pick up some steaks.

In the 20 minutes that she was gone.

I knocked that FUCKING GAZEBO down to the ground!!!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Fucking neighbor yesterday. We work in the yard for 4 hours, everything is going fine, and then he has to come over and throw his 2 cents in. My chainsaw needed a new blade, so I went and bought one. Then I went and attacked the last root, stump, whatever. He tells me the chain isn't set right.

I don't give a fuck! Its the last root. So then he goes to adjust the damn thing, and of course he couldn't. Then he couldn't get the fucking thing put together. Then he tells me I bought a cheap chainsaw.

With that, I said thanks for trying, then walked away.
5 minutes later he watched me destroy that gazebo with my bare hands. No tools involved. I tore that fucker to the ground, and destroyed it with my bare hands. I think the neighbor knew that I might be a little pissed.



I have plenty to keep me busy for a few hours today, then we go see the Mommies. Then tomorrow I will go see John the mechanic and have him put the chainsaw together. I figure it will take him 30 seconds.

chadwick

81 wrote:

#rebuildthegazebo

chadwick

norm wrote:

someone do that to the nasty shithead in ohio & we have ourselves a game show

81

chadwick wrote:

norm wrote:

someone do that to the nasty shithead in ohio & we have ourselves a game show

actually looks like it could be an ohio neighborhood

Enkidu

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

So after busting our asses for 4 hours, I told Kathy I was going to take a break. Kathy decided she was going to the store and pick up some steaks.

In the 20 minutes that she was gone.

I knocked that FUCKING GAZEBO down to the ground!!!!!

Pictures, video. Please.

mca47

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

So after busting our asses for 4 hours, I told Kathy I was going to take a break. Kathy decided she was going to the store and pick up some steaks.

In the 20 minutes that she was gone.

I knocked that FUCKING GAZEBO down to the ground!!!!!

Must have been a quality built gazebo if you could take it down with your bare hands!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Moving right along.


I said FUCK renting that tiller, and decided to turn that shit over by hand.
Put down 20 bags of top soil to make it all pretty.
Going to put down the edge tomorrow(going to wait a while before I put down brick). But at some point this year there will be a brick edge. So for now its just a $20 roll of cheap rubber edge. Then I will go buy some weed fabric, and throw that shit down. Then top it off with mulch. Ill be done with this shit at some point tomorrow.

And I thought this would take all week?


Next week I will go drop $300-$400 on shrubs, perennials, and some pretty flowers.