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Old 04-19-2011, 10:47 AM
 
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Two years ago, a large (100 ft) pine blew over onto our house during a microburst. It was uprooted. We had the tree removed (obviously) and the tree service ground the stump that was remaining above ground.

I was just walking around my yard pulling weeds, my foot caught a soft spot, and I almost fell in. I poked around with a shovel and it appears that the area where the tree had been is now a crater. There is enough soil to support walking on (at least there had been), but it's obvious from a little digging that it is just waiting to cave in.

This area is a mound about 10 feet in diameter. It appears to be deep--at least 3 feet. I had been starting to wonder why nothing was growing there, but I figured it was because of the ground up pine tree.

What do I do about this? Who locally can fix this problem?
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Old 04-19-2011, 10:59 AM
 
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As the old pine wood continues to decompose the area will continue to sink.
You could hire a contractor to remove all the wood debris, backfill with fill dirt and top with topsoil.
We had the same situation with an oak but ours was in a natural area so less of an issue.

Frank
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Old 04-19-2011, 11:09 AM
 
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As the old pine wood continues to decompose the area will continue to sink.
You could hire a contractor to remove all the wood debris, backfill with fill dirt and top with topsoil.
We had the same situation with an oak but ours was in a natural area so less of an issue.

Frank
what kind of contractor? a GC? or a landscaper?

is there any science to this, in terms of making sure the soil is properly compacted?
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Old 04-19-2011, 11:48 AM
 
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backfill with garden soil, top soil, manure, and peat moss and turn it into a veggie/herb garden. that's exactly what i did several years ago and veggies/herbs have been busting out like crazy year after year.
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Old 04-19-2011, 01:15 PM
 
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what kind of contractor? a GC? or a landscaper?

is there any science to this, in terms of making sure the soil is properly compacted?
Landscaper should be fine.

Frank
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