I need to clear the last 1/3 of my yard (about a tenth of an acre), which is at the base of a steep hill that my house rests on. Because there are 3 fences from neighbor's yards at the bottom, and because the hill is so steep, using machinery isn't really an option.
I have already cleared back there once using a two-handled brush cutter and a cordless recip saw (the few small trees that the recip saw wouldn't take down I used an unconventional, unsafe method of removal which I won't mention here).
Unfortunately, most of what was grown back there are small weed-type trees (I'm not an arborist, so I couldn't tell you what kind they are), and they range from a half inch thick at the base to two and a half inches thick. Between them, there are probably 100 tiny stumps in my back yard that have started sprouting again big-time.
I used Ground Clear to keep weeds from growing back there, but it did nothing for these little trees. Aside from tediously digging every single one of these stumps up with a pick-axe, what is the best way to get rid of them so that I can think about planting grass back there next spring?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, because I'm at a loss, and I hate to put so much work in to something to have it undone after a season of growing.
Thanks,
DA
I have already cleared back there once using a two-handled brush cutter and a cordless recip saw (the few small trees that the recip saw wouldn't take down I used an unconventional, unsafe method of removal which I won't mention here).
Unfortunately, most of what was grown back there are small weed-type trees (I'm not an arborist, so I couldn't tell you what kind they are), and they range from a half inch thick at the base to two and a half inches thick. Between them, there are probably 100 tiny stumps in my back yard that have started sprouting again big-time.
I used Ground Clear to keep weeds from growing back there, but it did nothing for these little trees. Aside from tediously digging every single one of these stumps up with a pick-axe, what is the best way to get rid of them so that I can think about planting grass back there next spring?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, because I'm at a loss, and I hate to put so much work in to something to have it undone after a season of growing.
Thanks,
DA