Even with sprinklers I have to water manually and still get poor results because of the slope.
How do you replace real grass with artificial grass for a front yard?
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Cesar Vargas
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I have a small palm tree stump 2 inches high and 8 inches in diameter that causes the middle of my front yard to come to an uphill slope. Makes it difficult to even the yard to replace the real grass with artificial grass. Need a cost effective way to complete without breaking the bank.
There are companies that you can have come out and grind the stump away. They will grind it below grade so there won’t be even the slightest bump. They’re not too terribly expensive either.
Hi Cesar, Had you thought to make an edging around the Stump, that could be any shape (Round,Square, Oval Diamond etc. using Old bottles, Bricks, Timber or Slabs ) You could use that as a feature and possibly sit a Plant Pot on top of stump or Stand a Bird Bath or Ornament etc. Then surround that, and infill the shape with Gravel, Stones, Flowers or slabs etc. and then lay your artificial grass around your new garden feature.....?
We built a short wall around our old stump....filled it with dirt and planted annual flowers in it. After about 5 years, we were able to take away the dirt and the stump had rotted away. Our neighbors were sad to see our "flower garden" go away because they said it looked so nice. Before you build the short wall, you should even the ground out around the wall, so that it does not slope up, if you decide to make a flower bed.
Dear Cesar, call a tree company that does removal. They have a special machine that levels the stump even with the ground. The tree is taking nourishment from the grass.
I agree with above posters Casar, get rid of the stump. Then you can perfect the lawn leveling and amend the soil to get your grass growing.
Wack it out with sledgehammer, wedge, maul and or mattock. If its rotted it should be much easier than a new stump.
In the past we’ve tried drilling out the stumps, attempting to burn them, and using a Stump out root disintegrating chemical on a large willow tree and found it not to be very helpful. On sizeable trunks we’ve been calling a professional stump grinder and having the issue over and done with in less than an hour.
On smaller cedar stumps we leave them for a matter of time and hack away with sledge hammer maul wedges till it breaks up. I did recently see they do rent out two different sized hp -stump grinders at my local Home Depot Tool rental. Best wishes on your landscaping rehab.
A bit different approach ...a little unconventional but it worked for us when we had a large overgrown tree cut down as the branches were hitting the corner of the house....we had the stump to deal with and got a large fake hollow Boulder to place over it to cover the eyesore...it became a great natural looking feature in the yard and we just added pine bark nuggets all around...in time the stump rotted away underneath..they are available online..as fake rocks..not heavy and different sizes and shapes to choose from...good luck..