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Jan 21, I take a mattock and level the dirt around the tree down to the level of the surrounding dirt.

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Then I dig around the tree and expose the roots and cut them below ground level with a sharp axe (this is the hardest part). Then I chop off the outer edge of the stump a little bit at a time all around it until I have cleaned all the dirt off of shrubcleanup.barted Reading Time: 10 mins. Feb 26, Feb 26, # Cut the stump as close to the ground as possible (you can make the final close to the ground cut after you fell the tree with hand tools or a chain saw -- it really is not that difficult), then use either a stump grinder tool (you can rent them) or one of these methods to finalize the process: shrubcleanup.bar Reading Time: 9 mins.