602 Posted October 3, 2011 Report Posted October 3, 2011 Hi,We moved in in 2000, bringing a little magnolia sappling in a bucket, from our previous house. We planted it in the middle of the back garden.The trunk is now about 8 inches diameter, and it is about 16ft high, with branches stretching about 12ft diameter AFTER I had hacked then back. The house soil pipe is within 8ft of the trunk. Much though I regret it, this tree is going to have to go ..... but how. Yes, I can cut it down with a saw, but how do I stop it sprouting again?I wonder if this has anything to do with the local legend that a previous occupier buried lots of black-market margerine in the garden during WW2? The brambles were 8ft high when we moved in.602
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