The Root of the Problem

A while ago now I had noticed that there was a root or two growing up into the weep holes of my retaining wall.

These roots belong to the plum tree in my back yard, which seems to be very rootful indeed.

Unfortunately these roots aren't going to be doing good things to the cinder blocks that they've wedged themselves between, so we'll have to deal with them. And I happen to know just the tool for the job.

Now unfortunately the roots don't have any nails embedded in them, so I'm not sure if these blades will work. I'll give it a try, though, and if all else fails I can go grab my brad nailer to shoot a few in.

Well that's a relief, it seems to have worked ok without the nails. Saves me some time.

I just cut out a short knob of wood from each root, and the remainder in the wall should die off and rot on its own.

Of course, I should probably check the rest of the weep holes along the wall here to see if...

Ah yes, of course.

Of course there's more.

Well, it's a good thing I've got plenty of charge left in the battery of this oscillating tool.