We dug around the shrubs, hewing off lateral roots that cut across our trenches, then kept pushing the shrub over to get at roots below. One shrub came out easily, since our neighbor showed up with his tow truck, threw a chain around the shrub (we already had dug a trench around the shrub) and popped it out. If your shrubs are near the street, it might pay to call a tow truck to do that for you. You will have to dig around the shrubs first, though. Margaret L > Does anyone have tips or perhaps URL's on how to remove the stumps and root >systems of evergreen shrubs? > >Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. >Raven