https://www.ipernity.com/tag/coldwaterjohn/keyword/5556618 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/102/E9/67/288745.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/coldwaterjohn/keyword/5556618 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:52:26 +0000 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:52:26 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971196 tag:ipernity.com,2020-05-24,doc-49971196 Sun, 24 May 2020 17:03:26 +0000 2020-05-24T14:22:22+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Coldwaterjohn) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/coldwaterjohn">Coldwaterjohn</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971196"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/96/49971196.97a7b94a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Large protruding tree stumps can be unsightly in a garden - with three close to each other, I had been looking at DIY solutions to ridding us of them. Dynamite would have been fun but would have upset the neighbours and would have attracted the anti-terrorism lads.<br /> The solution? You take a chain saw and cut a cross into the stump as deep as the ground around it at the edges and deeper into its core.<br /> Blow our the sawdust you create in doing this - those channels will create a wind tunnel for the next stage. Pour a generous quantity of diesel or fuel oil into the cuts made.<br /> Build up and light a fire of small twigs initially on top of the crosscut. Keep adding to it. Gradually the stump itself will start burning from the inside out reducing to ash within 12-24 hrs depending on its size. Have fun and take care in the process not to burn your house down!</div> Ridding the garden of tree stumps <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/coldwaterjohn">Coldwaterjohn</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971196"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/96/49971196.97a7b94a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Large protruding tree stumps can be unsightly in a garden - with three close to each other, I had been looking at DIY solutions to ridding us of them. Dynamite would have been fun but would have upset the neighbours and would have attracted the anti-terrorism lads.<br /> The solution? You take a chain saw and cut a cross into the stump as deep as the ground around it at the edges and deeper into its core.<br /> Blow our the sawdust you create in doing this - those channels will create a wind tunnel for the next stage. Pour a generous quantity of diesel or fuel oil into the cuts made.<br /> Build up and light a fire of small twigs initially on top of the crosscut. Keep adding to it. Gradually the stump itself will start burning from the inside out reducing to ash within 12-24 hrs depending on its size. Have fun and take care in the process not to burn your house down!</div> Coldwaterjohn https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971192 tag:ipernity.com,2020-05-24,doc-49971192 Sun, 24 May 2020 17:02:43 +0000 2020-05-24T14:22:17+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Coldwaterjohn) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/coldwaterjohn">Coldwaterjohn</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971192"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/92/49971192.fe28b1c1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Large protruding tree stumps can be unsightly in a garden - with three close to each other, I had been looking at DIY solutions to ridding us of them. Dynamite would have been fun but would have upset the neighbours and would have attracted the anti-terrorism lads.<br /> The solution? You take a chain saw and cut a cross into the stump as deep as the ground around it at the edges and deeper into its core.<br /> Blow our the sawdust you create in doing this - those channels will create a wind tunnel for the next stage. Pour a generous quantity of diesel or fuel oil into the cuts made.<br /> Build up and light a fire of small twigs initially on top of the crosscut. Keep adding to it. Gradually the stump itself will start burning from the inside out reducing to ash within 12-24 hrs depending on its size. Have fun and take care in the process not to burn your house down!</div> Ridding the garden of tree stumps <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/coldwaterjohn">Coldwaterjohn</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971192"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/92/49971192.fe28b1c1.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Large protruding tree stumps can be unsightly in a garden - with three close to each other, I had been looking at DIY solutions to ridding us of them. Dynamite would have been fun but would have upset the neighbours and would have attracted the anti-terrorism lads.<br /> The solution? You take a chain saw and cut a cross into the stump as deep as the ground around it at the edges and deeper into its core.<br /> Blow our the sawdust you create in doing this - those channels will create a wind tunnel for the next stage. Pour a generous quantity of diesel or fuel oil into the cuts made.<br /> Build up and light a fire of small twigs initially on top of the crosscut. Keep adding to it. Gradually the stump itself will start burning from the inside out reducing to ash within 12-24 hrs depending on its size. Have fun and take care in the process not to burn your house down!</div> Coldwaterjohn https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971190 tag:ipernity.com,2020-05-24,doc-49971190 Sun, 24 May 2020 17:01:36 +0000 2020-05-24T14:22:08+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Coldwaterjohn) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/coldwaterjohn">Coldwaterjohn</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971190"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/90/49971190.c1969b06.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Large protruding tree stumps can be unsightly in a garden - with three close to each other, I had been looking at DIY solutions to ridding us of them. Dynamite would have been fun but would have upset the neighbours and would have attracted the anti-terrorism lads.<br /> The solution? You take a chain saw and cut a cross into the stump as deep as the ground around it at the edges and deeper into its core.<br /> Blow our the sawdust you create in doing this - those channels will create a wind tunnel for the next stage. Pour a generous quantity of diesel or fuel oil into the cuts made.<br /> Build up and light a fire of small twigs initially on top of the crosscut. Keep adding to it. Gradually the stump itself will start burning from the inside out reducing to ash within 12-24 hrs depending on its size. Have fun and take care in the process not to burn your house down!</div> Ridding the garden of tree stumps <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/coldwaterjohn">Coldwaterjohn</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/coldwaterjohn/49971190"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/90/49971190.c1969b06.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Large protruding tree stumps can be unsightly in a garden - with three close to each other, I had been looking at DIY solutions to ridding us of them. Dynamite would have been fun but would have upset the neighbours and would have attracted the anti-terrorism lads.<br /> The solution? You take a chain saw and cut a cross into the stump as deep as the ground around it at the edges and deeper into its core.<br /> Blow our the sawdust you create in doing this - those channels will create a wind tunnel for the next stage. Pour a generous quantity of diesel or fuel oil into the cuts made.<br /> Build up and light a fire of small twigs initially on top of the crosscut. Keep adding to it. Gradually the stump itself will start burning from the inside out reducing to ash within 12-24 hrs depending on its size. Have fun and take care in the process not to burn your house down!</div> Coldwaterjohn