- 1). Call your trash removal service and ask how it prefers to pick up logs and tree limbs. You will be cutting down the spruce trees and need to remove the debris from your property. Usually the trash service prefers that limbs and logs be cut to a certain length and tied in small bundles for removal.
- 2). Put on protective eyewear, heavy work gloves, a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, work boots and a hard hat. These items will help protect you from injury while killing the spruce trees.
- 3). Cut down the spruce trees with a chainsaw. Start at the base of the trunk. Once the tree is down, cut it into the length specified by your trash service and tie the bunches together using your twine.
- 4). Pick up other remaining tree debris. Pick up pinecones and pull out seedlings by hand, then place them in yard waste bags with the other debris.
- 5). Drill 12 holes into each tree stump, using a drill with an 3/8-inch bit.
- 6). Pour salt into each hole you have drilled. This will kill the stump and roots in two to four weeks.
- 7). After the salt has killed the stump and roots, rent a stump grinder from a hardware store to remove the stump remnants. Follow the instructions provided with the stump grinder for successful operation.
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