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Getting Stumped....

9/11/2018

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Bear here....   

​As you can see (above) the stump I use for splitting wood has seen better days. Time to switch it out.  When I moved it out I noticed A LOT of ants were living in and beneath it. In the picture below you can see the ant damage in the old stump. This stump was good but I wanted the next stump to last longer. So here is what I did...
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I needed a new stump, and some pea gravel.  I dug the old hole out about 6 to 8 inches down...
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Put 3 or 4 inches of pea gravel in the hole (about 1/2 the bag) then set the stump in and twist it ti get it level and stable. I am betting the water will drain and the stump will rot slower, also the ants cant get through the gravel to eat the stump or live in the rotten wood.
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Put the rest of the pea gravel around the stump, stomp it down and you are protected on all sides and done!
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...  Oops, forgot the drop chop. The device in the first picture saves me a lot of time and effort when making kindling. The best thing you can do is keep the instructions for the tool where you can find them, I'm not that good.  I had to measure where the hole for the post was and compare drill bits to the old hole and check it to see how deep of a hole was needed...
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... NOW I'm done! I'm ready for more kindling making... Hope this helps if you need to replace your stump.

Type at ya later...
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