"T. L. Pope-Green" wrote in message
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I have a lot of roots from a maple tree exposed, is there anything you can
do about them?
TIA

Not much. I couple of my neighbors built raised beds on top of the roots,
which worked for about 2 seasons. The tree grew very fine roots upward into
the soil and turned it into the equivalent of botanical steel wool.
Impossible to hack through the resulting tangle.

If you want to hide them, plant a bulletproof groundcover like vinca or
pachysandra. But, if your goal is to make the root area mow-able, forget it.