Elder Trees , But i want to grow veg.

Hi,
I am slowly clearing the 3 or so years of growth from my garden and among other things there were a lot of elders. Some of these elders looked as though they had been coppiced many years ago.
Ive chopped them down to the stump however i am unsure how to proceed. One tree i tried to dig out but the trunk root goes down a fair bit so i chopped it out with a large axe. Another i tried to pull out with my land rover but it wasnt going to budge so again i dug and chopped this one out.
I habe two stumps where i wish to make my veg plot and i was wondering how to get rid of them without them growing back?

i may put in some raised beds for my veg garden but i am still not sure.

Any ideas?

 

In the past I have used SBK poured into holes drilled into the stump, but not on an area for a veg plot. Have you used a winch on your landrover because looking at the picture you have left plenty of leverage on the stump, or you could hire a stump grinder to remove the bulk of the stump/root.

 

Hi , no winch , i just attached a 20 ton strop to my military bumper hitch , the landy just lost traction.:(
this pics are of the stumps where i wish my veg to grow , the stump i tried to tow out was in a different part of the garden.
Do you think its just a case of trying to dig up as many roots as possible?

 

With the position of the stumps I think extraction is the best way.

 

thanks Patrick and John , bruit force it is , ive got one of those mattocks so i will get cracking.
if i do leave the odd root down there it wont be the end of the world will it? will they try to grow back?

 

lovely , thankyou.

 

how about dousing it with petrol and setting fire to it? that should stop it growing back.

 

warfare gardening!!! i felt like doing that to my neighbours bamboo!!

good luck - lots of exercise for you!!

loopy