Hubby takes down a tree (part 3)

Well after the darn tree was down, Hubby cut and stacked the logs. He will split it another day:

Then he started to dig around the roots with the backhoe:

 

 Using the axe to take off some of the lager roots:

Usually he can get them out of the ground and take them back to the swamp - he is trying to fill it in:

Took him all day just to get this far:

But it is just so big that he decided  to bury it.

The hole will be filled in with leaves, broken branches, rocks and wood we can't use and be covered with dirt. It won't go to waste.

Hubby will plant grass seed over it and so it will give us more lawn. Then he has an excuse to spend more time on the John Deere......