Owen you want to help me lift this?
OK maybe I'll lift it myself
(Grunting Sounds)
(Crash!)
I really should have gotten some help huh?
My name's Jeb
I want to plant a bunch of tomatoes next year
Got a hedge in the way
Let's get rid of it!
So the first step in getting rid of a hedge
Is make sure you want to get rid of it
Because if you change your mind
It's going to take a lot of time
And money or both
To replace it
And here you can see I've removed one of them
I'm just using the limb cutters
To take these off
Make sure to leave about a foot
If you can
And that way when we are pulling these stumps out
We'll have something to grab on to
It's pretty easy just
Into the bin you go
Here's what it looks like when it's been removed
And that is the easy part
Getting the stumps out
That's the fun part
I'll show you that next
Well I finally got them all removed
Now it didn't take long to cut them down
But I had to wait a week
For the trash man to come
Take them away in the garden bin
I just don't have the setup to
Grind these up and compost them
Alright now we got to start digging
Don't forget when you are digging
Whatever dirt you pick up
Put it in a spot where you are not going to have to move it three times
Alright, so I dug all the way around it
Except this side
On this side there's a curb
I'm going to use that as leverage
To break this out
And the soil has been real soft
If it was dry
Just soak it down really good with the hose
Really soak it, let it soak in and then soak it again
And you can dig it out
The roots just kind of pop as you dig through them
Owen, look at what I'm doing, what's happening?
It's moving!
Look
That's what we want to see happen
It's almost free
Now I just have to lift it out
And the seal got and the rock slide made it a cave
Good job
Well this stump with all the dirt on it
It weighs about a hundred and fifty pounds
So that's where these handles
Are going to come in handy
But you probably want to get some help lifting this
Owen, do you want to help me lift this?
OK, maybe I'll lift it myself
(Grunting)
(Crash!)
I really should have gotten some help, huh?
Oh well
So there's the hole
Owen is filling it in for me
There's the dirt; that will go back in the hole
You know, these leaves
They break down right under the hedge
So I bet you that's pretty rich soil
So I'll keep that
I've only got, I don't know, eight more to go?
Don't try to do it a ll in one day
Because that's heavy
I didn't get to show you my secret weapon
These roots broke pretty easily
Because the ground was so wet
But if you are having trouble with the roots
Get some limb cutters and just dig them in there (to cut them)
Well, even I, Jebadiah
Was not strong enough to lift this
So I just tipped the trash can on the side
Rolled it in there
All I got to do is get it straight back up
Owen, say thanks for watching
Thanks for watching!
I got tired of trying to lift these stumps with all the dirt on the roots
It's too heavy
So I'm spraying the dirt off of them
It's good dirt too
Don't want to lose it
Awesome!