On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:27:41 GMT, "Cindy" wrote:


A lot of trees will have roots across the top of the soil...
Why do you care? :-) It's not hurting the trees.

If you are concerned about looks and tripping over them, just bring
in a truckload of good soil and re-bury them. Build a circular rock
border to hold the dirt and plant a shade garden.

That's what I'd do anyway?

If you bury the roots very deep, you'll kill the tree. Someone who knows
please chime in, but I believe you shouldn't add more than one or two inches
of soil.



Actually, no soil should ever be put on top of surface roots at all.
The best one can do is to rough up the soil by hand and either plant
ground cover or install a bed of mulch no thicker than two inches.
Those surface roots are there to exchange gasses and serve a very
important function.