If you have the landscape itch and need to get some things done, do it the easy way. When moving heavy things around the yard, put them on pallets that I can easily move with my mini-skidsteer. Nothing is worse than having to move things repeatedly – that’s no fun. If you want to save some special perennials, dig them up and set aside in containers (on pallets) so that you can care for them until replanting.
Here a UW-Stevens Point student uses a piece of our equipment during a nursery class.
Plants that will be removed for the new landscape, can simply be cut off at the base.
Evergreen shrubs don’t re-sprout and deciduous shrubs can have sprouts trimmed off until they die. I have an auger on one of our machines that allows me to drill holes right near old root systems to put new plants in. Old roots will decay in the soil, putting organic material into the soil and allow water to penetrate deeper. There is no need to dig all those roots out and there are few places to take tree and shrub roots for disposal since they won’t compost and are not permitted to be run through a chipper.
Let our small equipment do the heavy work for you.