Automatic root extracting machine
Sometimes an old fashioned
shovel beats out a fancy roto tiller.
Big, thick, Poke root extraction is a task that
needs someone to invent a solution for in the form of a tiller like
machine. Maybe it will somehow use a small, flexible auger to chase
down and grind up any unwanted roots within a 4 foot deep perimeter?
Hopefully it'll be easier
to start up than our tiller was last year.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I'm surprised you didn't start talking about dynamite again when you saw that six inch deep root that ran several feet into the earth.
(But hold the dynamite
)
Build a tripod (wooden or metal beams) over the stubborn root, get a slipknot over the root and use your 4 ton winch to pull it straight up.