How to Clear Large Shrubs

In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows efficient way to remove unwanted shrubbery

Bypass loppers
Chainsaw
Pointed shovel

In this video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook explains how to clear large shrubs.

Steps:

1 Use bypass loppers to cut away smaller branches around outer portion of shrub.
2 Cut through thick branches deep inside of the shrub with a chainsaw.
3 Dig around base of shrub with pointed shovel.
4 Cut through roots at base of stump with a garden mattock.
5 Pull stump from hole.

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