Getting Stumped....

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...

I needed a new stump, and some pea gravel.  I dug the old hole out about 6 to 8 inches down...

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.

Put the rest of the pea gravel around the stump, stomp it down and you are protected on all sides and done!

...  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...

... 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...