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Michchamp
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Have been cleaning up the back yard of our house which suffered from years of neglect and overgrowth. have two things to do that I can't figure out an efficient way to do:
1.) leveling the ground: had to dig up and pull out dozens of square feet of overgrown lilies and some other ground covering shit. after removing it, the ground in some places is a few inches out of sorts. what is the best way to get this flat and even so I can replant the sod? Preferably without buying too much more shit (I have a shovel and a short metal rake.) I saw those metal tamper down plates at Home Depot, but they were $40, and I'm sick of spending money there.
2.) removing stumps: I cut 6 overgrown bushes down to the stump... not sure how the fuck to get those out. my neighbor is in the fire dept. and he said I'd have to get a permit to burn them out, but since they're right on the property line, near a neighbors fence, he said that was a bad idea period. some dickhead at home depot recommended a chemical, but when I got it home and read the instructions, it still required burning.
Hoping to avoid having to pay a lawn service to come out and do it.
Re-posting here, per gotime's suggestion, since MSU has a landscaping major, and you know how to mow lawns and shit.
1.) leveling the ground: had to dig up and pull out dozens of square feet of overgrown lilies and some other ground covering shit. after removing it, the ground in some places is a few inches out of sorts. what is the best way to get this flat and even so I can replant the sod? Preferably without buying too much more shit (I have a shovel and a short metal rake.) I saw those metal tamper down plates at Home Depot, but they were $40, and I'm sick of spending money there.
2.) removing stumps: I cut 6 overgrown bushes down to the stump... not sure how the fuck to get those out. my neighbor is in the fire dept. and he said I'd have to get a permit to burn them out, but since they're right on the property line, near a neighbors fence, he said that was a bad idea period. some dickhead at home depot recommended a chemical, but when I got it home and read the instructions, it still required burning.
Hoping to avoid having to pay a lawn service to come out and do it.
Re-posting here, per gotime's suggestion, since MSU has a landscaping major, and you know how to mow lawns and shit.
