Ummmmm ... that's awesomely cool until the smoldering lower part invades the spreading root system. Then you have underground fires all over the yard, breaking into flame wherever the roots near the surface.

How do I know this? One of my tenants decided to deal with a big old stump by having a weekend BBQ with it as the fire pit.

A week or so later, his dog was barking wildly at 2Am ... looked out the window and there were flames coming up out of the back yard in several spots.

sorry that happened to you. It would scare me to death.

If you do it while the tree is still alive I don't think that would happen.. but it will kill the tree. (no tree sending up sprouts for years and years)

The lady in the link didn't have any problems with her roots catching on fire, but its certainly something to be aware of.

That would scare me also

That is such a great idea, we have burned stumps with one of the stump removed that burns it. Wish we had thought to do this, all the winter fun we missed, LOL
Thanks Gail, keep blog hopping!

It's a big way forest fires start too, when campers build fires on roots. When they leave there is no apparent fire, but later ...

Don't think we have to worry too much about that here in the suburbs of Texas... maybe in deep east Texas....

That actually seemed more like a tree stump fire platform; below is a tree stump fire pit. :-) Hollow core of the fruitless mulberry was almost 3 ft deep below the cut. No problems with smoldering roots after only 14 months of aging.