chris French wrote:
In message , pbuddy06
writes

I recently cut down all trees n bushes at the side of mum and dads
house

How big where the trunks? how long a length we talking

Unfortunately leaving a length on them to use as a lever is one way to
help prize them out of the ground. Too late for that now.

for me to lay turf down, its left big stumps that iv tried rotting but
nothinks happened.

It takes a long time.

My old pear tree root took about 10 years to rot down until it was weak
enough to break out of the ground with normal tools. I tried rotting it
out by adding various stump removers - it grew a handsome crop of fungi
every year but remained stubbornly robust and well rooted over 3 foot
in diameter at ground level. Even after all that time most of the wood
was sound.

A large axe, a spade and a scaffold pole proved invaluable. Smaller
roots will usually yeild to a grubbing mattock. Forks tend to break
rather too easily.

Does any one know how to get rid of the stumps plz?

Dig them out 0 unless really big. A grubbing matock is the most useful
tool here, team it with a spade, small stumps will come out just with
the mattockm for bigger oens you might need to dig round them a bit. use
the mattock to dig, round and cut the roots.

Alternatively you can get stump grinders, pull them out with a winch
etc.

It is a bit easier if you have 3-4 foot of main trunk to lean on as a
lever.

Regards,
Martin Brown