Chris Hogg wrote:

On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:28:21 +0100, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

My wife has cut down an excessively rampant ivy,
and left me to kill the stub and root.
What is the best way to do this?

Just dig it up. If the roots are rather thick, chop them off with a
spade, hand axe or grub axe, about a foot or so away from the stump.

This may be difficult, as the ivy is less than a foot from a patio.
It is in a border to the patio about 2ft or less wide.

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Timothy Murphy
gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin