The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[Ryan T]

I went against the grain and decided not to pay someone to get this bush out of our back yard. Unfortunately my battery died on the chainsaw before I could rip it any lower, but this thing was old and going to be a major bitch to dig out. I'm half tempted to just cut it off level to the ground and put the grill over it. :lol: You can burn these things out, right? I'm sure it being right next to the foundation of my house won't matter. We haven't gotten any rain in like two months, so I may just wait until we get a soaker of a week so the ground is soft. I welcome any pro tips... but just the tip.

We had 4 of those in the front of our house along with 2 9' tall holly bushes in our backyard that Sam and I removed. Cut them off, dug around the base and hacked away at some of the bigger roots, then wrapped a logging chain around the root and pulled them out with my truck. Those roots can be surprisingly stubborn and deep. I've seen people pull them out with cherry pickers before if you have access to one of those and not a truck. Or, dig around the root, cut it off just below the dirt line and cover it with dirt/mulch and forget about it.