Charlie put rocks on top of these stumps in the hope that water would accumulate under them and rot the wood. He hated stumps like I hate ironing.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Getting rid of something you hate.
MA
Sunday Snapshot: Stumps Rock
Charlie put rocks on top of these stumps in the hope that water would accumulate under them and rot the wood. He hated stumps like I hate ironing.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Getting rid of something you hate.
MA
joey
October 26, 2021 at 3:25pmDid it work? Our neighbors left an attractive fat stump perfect for a shorty and the mama one sits there while her kids play/dog runs. I admit a bit of stump envy!
I have heard it’s an old wives’ tale to cut down unwanted trees on August 15th and they won’t regenerate. I always seem to be busy on August 15…
Marian Allen
October 27, 2021 at 10:07amThe only tree Charlie cut down that regenerated is a tulip poplar in the back. Two months before he died, Charlie was swinging a maul, splitting the wood from that ex-tree. Now the stump is a bush! And, no, the rocks haven’t worked … yet.
joey
October 29, 2021 at 12:05pmDoes the tulip poplar bloom in its bush form?
Marian Allen
October 29, 2021 at 2:06pmNot so far, but I’m expecting it any year now!