After the tree is gone, the stump remains. Remains, of course, only if you did not have the tree removal company also take care of the stump removal, too.

Often times, especially during down economies like the one we are currently weathering, homeowners will see clear to spending the money involved in having a bonded and insured tree removal service come to safely take down a dead or otherwise hazardous tree. Yet they will consider saving the money involved in the stump removal cost. Stump removal is only an aesthetic concern, the conventional wisdom goes, and that is not of practical importance. Save the money and keep the stump.

But there are many reasons why stump removal may be just as critical to a homeowner as it was to ...