Stumps

On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 12:17:48AM -0500, Orion910@aol.com wrote:

> Well this edition is centered around construction of site number eight.  Today
> I began work on what could be an impossible task.  In the center of my new
> site sits the stump of a huge second growth fir tree.  The stump is over 8
> feet in diameter, and looks really, really heavy. I have looked into dynamite,
> but couldn't get the permits, Thought of large backhoe, but that would destroy
> the sprinkler system in site #7.  Burn it out?, nope don't want all that
> charcoal affecting the soil. 

If you can wait a year or two, you might try ordering some mushroom plug
spawn from a place like fungi perfecti (at http://www.fungi.com/) or one
of the other mushroom companies, and innoculate your stump with it.  In a
year or two the stump will be significantly softened as the mushrooms
consume and decompose it, and should come right out.  If you do this be
sure to get a type of mushroom that is happy in an aromatic softwood like
fir.

Of course having that extra seed makes waiting a year or two
a little difficult... :-)

Shaun

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