I am pretty sure you could do that with a hammer and a chisel. It may be a little difficult but I think you have a great idea there. It will look beautiful once hollowed out for a plant.
Depending on what you plant you don’t have to hollow it out completely. I have an elderly neighbor who had a tree removed leaving stump 2 feet across and 2 feet high in her yard. After talking about it we decided to make a hollow in the middle the size of a 6 inch pot so she could change it with different blooming flowers. I used a 1 inch spade bit and a hatchet to make the hole.
For the remaining border of the stump I drilled a lot of holes which she filled with potting soil and sprinkled pennyroyal seeds in it. The pennyroyal will grow down the sides of the stump and will not detract from the flowering plant in the pot in the center. You could also use ivy or any vining ground cover.
If this is a loose piece of stump you can do the same thing but Janerose is correct about bugs in the wood. Just keep the planter away from the house and the bugs will slowly make compost out of the stump while your plant is growing. Don’t try to kill the pests, it could inhibit the plant growth.
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you can drill it out...or find a friend that has landscaping tools...make sure to treat for pests if you do this
I am pretty sure you could do that with a hammer and a chisel. It may be a little difficult but I think you have a great idea there. It will look beautiful once hollowed out for a plant.
Depending on what you plant you don’t have to hollow it out completely. I have an elderly neighbor who had a tree removed leaving stump 2 feet across and 2 feet high in her yard. After talking about it we decided to make a hollow in the middle the size of a 6 inch pot so she could change it with different blooming flowers. I used a 1 inch spade bit and a hatchet to make the hole.
For the remaining border of the stump I drilled a lot of holes which she filled with potting soil and sprinkled pennyroyal seeds in it. The pennyroyal will grow down the sides of the stump and will not detract from the flowering plant in the pot in the center. You could also use ivy or any vining ground cover.
If this is a loose piece of stump you can do the same thing but Janerose is correct about bugs in the wood. Just keep the planter away from the house and the bugs will slowly make compost out of the stump while your plant is growing. Don’t try to kill the pests, it could inhibit the plant growth.
This process only takes about an hour.