Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it will
take some doing I think.

Thanks to all those who replied to my request for advice on pruning the old
rose - it was a big help.
Regards
Judy

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of
stumps and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does
anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying
something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up -
would that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and
it will
take some doing I think.

Thanks to all those who replied to my request for advice on pruning
the old
rose - it was a big help.
Regards
Judy



You could always call in professional with a stump grinder, As I
understand it health and safety doesn't allow you to hire one.

Annabel

In article ,
Annabel wrote:
"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of
stumps and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does
anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying
something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up -
would that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and
it will
take some doing I think.

You could always call in professional with a stump grinder, As I
understand it health and safety doesn't allow you to hire one.

They can certainly be dug up, though it is not easy if they are
of any size. They won't rot in a month of Sundays, whatever
you put on them.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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from "Judy Donovan" contains these words:

We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it will
take some doing I think.

Drill a hole into them and pour in battery acid. Careful! The stuff
isn't neutralised by hydrocarbons, carbohydrates etc, it just carries on
removing the elements of water, leaving carbon eventually.

However, if you dig them out and don't damage them too much in doing so,
woodcarvers, turners, stickmakers &c would give their eye teeth for
them.

What have you done with the above-ground wood?

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"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it
will
take some doing I think.

Thanks to all those who replied to my request for advice on pruning the
old
rose - it was a big help.
Regards
Judy
I hve experienced this several times with Leylandii hedges and there is no
easy way. Dig round each stump and saw through any roots you expose then
(assuming you have left a long enough piece of trunk) lever the stump back
and forth until it gives. Of course the easiest way is to get someone else
to do it for you. Jim

Judy Donovan wrote:
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it will
take some doing I think.

Thanks to all those who replied to my request for advice on pruning the old
rose - it was a big help.
Regards
Judy



If the stumps aren't too close to a neighbour or a road, one method is
to drill holes in the stumps, fill the holes with sodium chlorate, and
then cover. Leave for a month or so to soak in, then build a small fire
over the stump. The stumps will burn very well.

"Jim Paterson" wrote in
:

I hve experienced this several times with Leylandii hedges and there
is no easy way. Dig round each stump and saw through any roots you
expose then (assuming you have left a long enough piece of trunk)
lever the stump back and forth until it gives. Of course the easiest
way is to get someone else to do it for you. Jim

Yew will be a much bigger job than leylandii though - the wood is more
flexible, and I think they have a different (deeper) root pattern. Plus
they may well re-grow from the stumps, if the hedge was well-established:
yew is very resilient!

I once lived in a house with an old yew tree on a steep bank. We looked at
getting the yew tree removed, but were advised that if the roots came out,
the bank would collapse, taking our house with it! We left it where it
was...

Victoria

Do you live in the country? If so, and if access is suitable, a tractor
would pull them out with a chain, so long as the stump is long enough. JCB
even better - the job becomes trivial.
David

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it
will
take some doing I think.

Thanks to all those who replied to my request for advice on pruning the
old
rose - it was a big help.
Regards
Judy

"david" wrote in message ...
Do you live in the country? If so, and if access is suitable, a tractor
would pull them out with a chain, so long as the stump is long enough. JCB
even better - the job becomes trivial.
David

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it
will
take some doing I think.
[...]

Sad, though. Of course the garden must be the way you want it, and
it's good sense to treat garden trees as disposable, and relatively
young yews aren't endangered; but I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

"david" wrote in message ...
Do you live in the country? If so, and if access is suitable, a tractor
would pull them out with a chain, so long as the stump is long enough. JCB
even better - the job becomes trivial.
David

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up - would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and it
will
take some doing I think.
[...]

Sad, though. Of course the garden must be the way you want it, and
it's good sense to treat garden trees as disposable, and relatively
young yews aren't endangered; but I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of
stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does
anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying
something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up -
would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and
it
will
take some doing I think.
[...]

Sad, though. Of course the garden must be the way you want it, and
it's good sense to treat garden trees as disposable, and relatively
young yews aren't endangered; but I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

I know what you mean Mike. Two miles from me is an ancient yew tree
estimated to be 1600 years old, every time I see it I imagine this little
sapling sitting there as the last of the Roman legions packed up and left.

Earnest Trawler

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of
stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does
anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying
something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up -
would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and
it
will
take some doing I think.
[...]

Sad, though. Of course the garden must be the way you want it, and
it's good sense to treat garden trees as disposable, and relatively
young yews aren't endangered; but I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

I know what you mean Mike. Two miles from me is an ancient yew tree
estimated to be 1600 years old, every time I see it I imagine this little
sapling sitting there as the last of the Roman legions packed up and left.

Earnest Trawler

"Judy Donovan" wrote in message
...
Hi,
We have just cut down a yew hedge and are left with a long row of
stumps
and
roots - these are very sturdy so will take a bit of removing. Does
anyone
know anyway to make this easier? I was wondering about applying
something
to the stumps to try and kill them before trying to dig them up -
would
that
make it easier? they're very secure in the ground at the moment and
it
will
take some doing I think.
[...]

Sad, though. Of course the garden must be the way you want it, and
it's good sense to treat garden trees as disposable, and relatively
young yews aren't endangered; but I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

I know what you mean Mike. Two miles from me is an ancient yew tree
estimated to be 1600 years old, every time I see it I imagine this little
sapling sitting there as the last of the Roman legions packed up and left.

Earnest Trawler

"Earnest Trawler" wrote in message ...
[...]
I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

I know what you mean Mike. Two miles from me is an ancient yew tree
estimated to be 1600 years old, every time I see it I imagine this little
sapling sitting there as the last of the Roman legions packed up and left.


Thanks, ET, for a beautiful mental movie, which I'll be running all
day! In fact, several different movies: I've already been through ones
with different weather, fiery wartime skies, miserably trudging
legionaries, cheerful "We're out of here!" homeward-bound
legionaries...all with this little seedling in the foreground.

Mike.

On 15 Aug 2003 02:47:48 -0700, (Mike Lyle)
wrote:

"Earnest Trawler" wrote in message ...
[...]
I can't help reflecting that the
oldest living tree in Europe may be an ancient yew in Scotland. I'd
love to think a tree I planted might still be there in two or three
thousand years' time.

Mike.

I know what you mean Mike. Two miles from me is an ancient yew tree
estimated to be 1600 years old, every time I see it I imagine this little
sapling sitting there as the last of the Roman legions packed up and left.


Thanks, ET, for a beautiful mental movie, which I'll be running all
day! In fact, several different movies: I've already been through ones
with different weather, fiery wartime skies, miserably trudging
legionaries, cheerful "We're out of here!" homeward-bound
legionaries...all with this little seedling in the foreground.

Most Roman legionnaires stationed in UK were not from Italy, anymore
than non officer members of the French Foreign Legion are from France.

Change your mental image to Croatians and Serbs guarding Hardrians
Wall :-)
--
Martin