What do you wish you had done differently?

[ranchhand]

Both of the stump removal ideas are great!

Since DH is doing the garden, I asked him about what he wishes he'd done differently- he said have the soil tested by the Ag folks at the Clemson Extension Office.

 

[Catalina]

I wish I had.........bought a house with a bigger yard and built my fence 2 feet higher.

Used round-up on the quack grass sooner.

Never bought 'ornamental' grass.

Learned how to trellised my tomatoes sooner.

Cut the tree stump, in my backyard, off flush with the ground.

Sold and moved the ugly metal shed in my backyard, before I'd planted everything and made it impossible to move without crushing my plants.

Just a few.........

To get rid of the tree stump. Take a 55 gallon metal drum with the ends cut out and place it around the stumps. Take about 2 big bags of charcol and pour it on top of the stump. Soak it in lighter fluid for about 30 minutes and light it up. You can add more charcol or firewood if you have it as the fire burns on. The stump will burn out of the ground.

We have removed about 20 stumps in our yard doing it this way.

Thanks for the tip!

But I think my neighbors might have a problem with a fire in my backyard. Our houses are really close together.

 

[Purple Strawberry]

I wish I had.........bought a house with a bigger yard and built my fence 2 feet higher.

Used round-up on the quack grass sooner.

Never bought 'ornamental' grass.

Learned how to trellised my tomatoes sooner.

Cut the tree stump, in my backyard, off flush with the ground.

Sold and moved the ugly metal shed in my backyard, before I'd planted everything and made it impossible to move without crushing my plants.

Just a few.........

To get rid of the tree stump. Take a 55 gallon metal drum with the ends cut out and place it around the stumps. Take about 2 big bags of charcol and pour it on top of the stump. Soak it in lighter fluid for about 30 minutes and light it up. You can add more charcol or firewood if you have it as the fire burns on. The stump will burn out of the ground.

We have removed about 20 stumps in our yard doing it this way.

Thanks for the tip!

But I think my neighbors might have a problem with a fire in my backyard. Our houses are really close together.

Do it in a 55 gallon metal drum and get some marshmallows and hotdogs and turn it into a bon fire atmosphere even invite them over.