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Stump Progress

Busy digging out the stump in the back yard.  Managed to remove several of it's big roots with the little electric chainsaw and some elbow grease.  But the final push is going to take a sump grinder.  I will probably work on finishing the egress window well before finishing this, but we'll see.  Here is what it looks like now.
Turns out there's a lot more dirt in there than I expected.  Here is what it looked like a couple of weeks ago.
And here is what it looked like when I moved in
Once the stump is removed I'll just fill it with rock for now, as eventually all of the patio will need new concrete.

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