Stump Grinding: How to Reclaim your Garden
If you’re a homeowner or property manager, you understand the importance of maintaining a beautiful and functional garden. However, after removing a tree from your landscape, you might be left with an unsightly stump that not only spoils the aesthetics of your garden but can also pose safety hazards. At Simpson Arboriculture, we can help our customers reclaim their gardens and make them safe, beautiful and enjoyable spaces. In this blog, we will discuss the benefits of stump grinding and how our expert team can assist you with revitalising your outdoor space.
The Challenge of Tree Stumps
Tree removal is often necessary. This could be due to disease, storm damage, or to make space for new landscaping projects. However, what remains after the tree is felled is a tree stump that can cause numerous issues:
- Safety hazards. Tree stumps can be hazardous, especially if they’re hidden by grass or foliage.
- Attracting pests. Decaying stumps provide a perfect environment for pests like ants and other insects to thrive. Over time, these pests could spread to other areas of your garden.
- Aesthetics. A garden should be a place of beauty and tranquillity. A stump can disrupt this and often hinders future gardening plans.
- Hindrance to landscaping. Stumps can impede the development of new landscaping projects, like building a patio, installing a fence, or planting new trees.
The Solution: Stump Grinding
Stump grinding is the most efficient and eco-friendly way to address the issues caused by tree stumps. Unlike some stump removal methods that involve digging out the entire stump, stump grinding involves using specialised machinery to grind the stump to below ground level.
At Simpson Arboriculture, we use our specialist Rayco RG37T stump grinder. It is a very powerful, tracked stump-cutting machine. Being under a metre wide, this machine can fit through most garden gates and its rubber tracks mean minimal damage to the grass/ ground underneath. The machine, used by our trained operators, is effective by cutting away at the tree stump using carbide teeth attached to a spinning wheel.
Other options for stump treatment and removal
Sometimes, stump grinding is not possible or practical. This may be due to access or the scale of the tree stump. Here are several other options that we also offer at Simpson Arboriculture, to help you reclaim your garden and tackle tree stump issues.
Eco plugs- We offer the use eco plugs which are small capsules containing granular glyphosate. Our team drill these capsules into the stump. They are highly effective and help the stump and roots to decompose naturally into the soil. The great news is that they are safe for use in gardens with children and pets running around.
Whenever the use of a stump grinder is not possible or practical, we would recommend the use of eco plugs. These are a great option for when there is limited or narrow access, or the weight of a machine would cause damage to more delicate ground surfaces.
Stump digging- For larger tree stumps, we are also able to offer stump digging using our excavators. The pulled-up stumps can then be mulched and incorporated into the ground.
Get in touch
If you would like to find out more about the different options for stump removal and take the first step to reclaiming your garden, get in touch! You can give us a call in the office or contact us via our website. For stump grinding, just fill out the form on our website and we can get back to you with a quotation.
