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By *andVB OP   Couple
over a year ago

Wrexham

I have near filled one of our green wheelie bins with unwanted plants, filled a mighty hole and sanded, primed and painted the arch above the front door.

Tomorrow I plan on finishing and installing the canopy for over the front door and tiling the front step (with locally source welsh slate, fancy!)

What've you been up to thus far this weekend?

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By *eadySteadyCockCouple
over a year ago

Tredegar

Nothing better than making the garden look pretty!

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

I so need some gardening work done but the gardener is too busy with lawns.

I need a man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

3 bits of our decking is rotten (recently moved to this house) and I can't afford to replace it all till next year so I'm having a bash at the 3 lengths myself. Which knowing how clumsy I am will no doubt end in a trip to a&e hahaha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've done some ing and watering. That's as technical as i get!

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By *ficouldMan
over a year ago

a quandary, could you change my mind?

Had four days of gardening and roof repairs to fit into two.

Remove 3 40ft trees and log up what I could, tidy up hedges, remove as much brambles as possible, sink in newly cut posts for a boundary fence, burn all the rubbish. Mattock up driveway entrance and re-level. Repairs to guttering and replace broken slate tiles and sort slipped ones out.

Yesterday evening it was a problem keeping my eyes open and today has almost been a right off apart from some little automotive repairs. Ache somewhat now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had four days of gardening and roof repairs to fit into two.

Remove 3 40ft trees and log up what I could, tidy up hedges, remove as much brambles as possible, sink in newly cut posts for a boundary fence, burn all the rubbish. Mattock up driveway entrance and re-level. Repairs to guttering and replace broken slate tiles and sort slipped ones out.

Yesterday evening it was a problem keeping my eyes open and today has almost been a right off apart from some little automotive repairs. Ache somewhat now "

That sounds very erotic

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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i moved some bushes round the garden earlier, need to shift a dwarf tree but the roots might be too big now. and i need a saw to cut another tree down (i tried using a kitchen knife but it wasn't good enough, lol).

and i sorted out the smelly composting bin, composted everything that needed doing, now i wanna move it to a different location in my garden. will do it monday when kids are back at school.

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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"Had four days of gardening and roof repairs to fit into two.

Remove 3 40ft trees and log up what I could, tidy up hedges, remove as much brambles as possible, sink in newly cut posts for a boundary fence, burn all the rubbish. Mattock up driveway entrance and re-level. Repairs to guttering and replace broken slate tiles and sort slipped ones out.

Yesterday evening it was a problem keeping my eyes open and today has almost been a right off apart from some little automotive repairs. Ache somewhat now "

how do you remove a tree? do need machinery? mine is only 7 ft tall, i'm just gonna saw it down and kill the stump.

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By *roticGoddessXXWoman
over a year ago

Richmond

I just skipped the work and went to Kestrel's. Worked for me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Had four days of gardening and roof repairs to fit into two.

Remove 3 40ft trees and log up what I could, tidy up hedges, remove as much brambles as possible, sink in newly cut posts for a boundary fence, burn all the rubbish. Mattock up driveway entrance and re-level. Repairs to guttering and replace broken slate tiles and sort slipped ones out.

Yesterday evening it was a problem keeping my eyes open and today has almost been a right off apart from some little automotive repairs. Ache somewhat now

how do you remove a tree? do need machinery? mine is only 7 ft tall, i'm just gonna saw it down and kill the stump."

Don't you put nails in a stump to get it to die???

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By *andVB OP   Couple
over a year ago

Wrexham


"how do you remove a tree? do need machinery? mine is only 7 ft tall, i'm just gonna saw it down and kill the stump."

My brother climbed up our 40ft tree with a chainsaw and just snipped it down bit by bit. Took about 30 minutes at most.

I dug the stump out myself over the course of about 4 days. It is finally out of the ground now but too heavy for me to lift into the car to take to the skip

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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"Don't you put nails in a stump to get it to die???

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I did read about putting copper nails into it yeah. gonna try something else instead though. or remove it if i can, not sure what that entails yet.

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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"how do you remove a tree? do need machinery? mine is only 7 ft tall, i'm just gonna saw it down and kill the stump.

My brother climbed up our 40ft tree with a chainsaw and just snipped it down bit by bit. Took about 30 minutes at most.

I dug the stump out myself over the course of about 4 days. It is finally out of the ground now but too heavy for me to lift into the car to take to the skip "

if it's hard to dig out i really cba, but thanks. i was thinking to cut the top off first then cut it lower down as well. just so no accidents happen.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Turned cold again here so went into work early to collect wood then spent two hours in the garage cutting it up for the Aga.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Don't you put nails in a stump to get it to die???

I did read about putting copper nails into it yeah. gonna try something else instead though. or remove it if i can, not sure what that entails yet."

That'll work. You'll get little offshoots for awhile but just cut them off. Eventually the stump will rot and you may be able to dig it out.

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By *andVB OP   Couple
over a year ago

Wrexham


"how do you remove a tree? do need machinery? mine is only 7 ft tall, i'm just gonna saw it down and kill the stump.

My brother climbed up our 40ft tree with a chainsaw and just snipped it down bit by bit. Took about 30 minutes at most.

I dug the stump out myself over the course of about 4 days. It is finally out of the ground now but too heavy for me to lift into the car to take to the skip

if it's hard to dig out i really cba, but thanks. i was thinking to cut the top off first then cut it lower down as well. just so no accidents happen."

Given your tree is only 7ft tall I don't imagine it'll take too long to dig out at all.

What type of tree? You can google the root layout of it to see what you're facing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have trimmed a bush that got a wee bit wild. Planted some veg and talked to the chickens. It's all good!

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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thanks all. it's an ash tree, apparently they spread pretty wide (i googled).

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By *andVB OP   Couple
over a year ago

Wrexham


"thanks all. it's an ash tree, apparently they spread pretty wide (i googled). "

My stump was about 14" in diameter, Leylandii. I dug a trench around it, about 2ft deep, cut through any roots I found and then it sort of just came loose. I did use a reciprocating saw on the roots though, probably tough work if you're using a handsaw.

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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"thanks all. it's an ash tree, apparently they spread pretty wide (i googled).

My stump was about 14" in diameter, Leylandii. I dug a trench around it, about 2ft deep, cut through any roots I found and then it sort of just came loose. I did use a reciprocating saw on the roots though, probably tough work if you're using a handsaw."

i was using a kitchen knife haha. but it's only about 2 or 3 inches across the trunk so far so it won't be hard to cut down with the right tool.

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By *andVB OP   Couple
over a year ago

Wrexham


"thanks all. it's an ash tree, apparently they spread pretty wide (i googled).

My stump was about 14" in diameter, Leylandii. I dug a trench around it, about 2ft deep, cut through any roots I found and then it sort of just came loose. I did use a reciprocating saw on the roots though, probably tough work if you're using a handsaw.

i was using a kitchen knife haha. but it's only about 2 or 3 inches across the trunk so far so it won't be hard to cut down with the right tool. "

Another option, given its small size, is winching it out. Assuming you have access to a hand winch and somewhere solid to anchor it.

I've used my 4 ton winch to pop out many a shrub and tree.

And once to accidentally pull over a brick gate post. Turns out the tree was mightier than the wall.

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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"thanks all. it's an ash tree, apparently they spread pretty wide (i googled).

My stump was about 14" in diameter, Leylandii. I dug a trench around it, about 2ft deep, cut through any roots I found and then it sort of just came loose. I did use a reciprocating saw on the roots though, probably tough work if you're using a handsaw.

i was using a kitchen knife haha. but it's only about 2 or 3 inches across the trunk so far so it won't be hard to cut down with the right tool.

Another option, given its small size, is winching it out. Assuming you have access to a hand winch and somewhere solid to anchor it.

I've used my 4 ton winch to pop out many a shrub and tree.

And once to accidentally pull over a brick gate post. Turns out the tree was mightier than the wall."

i haven't got one of those and it is right up against a fence (that's why i'm shifting it).

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