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Goodbye Nature: Eliminating the Tree Stump

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The tree sits in its natural environment of undies and goon bag fairy lights.  Note the way it has grown into the very side of the building. There was a big ass tree stump in our backyard. It was sitting right up against the back of the house, and was where we will be pouring a huge slab of concrete eventually. It was also super close to a drainpipe. The stump is about 60cms at the bulge in diameter and the roots are quite deep. We've been working on this thing for months now! First off we hired someone from Airtasker  to get the job done. Airtasker is like Gumtree for tasks you need done. You post tasks you need done and people (like cleaners, tradies or handymen and women) come and do the thing you want, for cash. We found a landscaper on Airtasker who said he could come and cut out the stump in one afternoon but for some reason unbeknownst to people who have graduated high school, he got diameter confused with circumference and didn't bring a big enough ...