Why is it these big tasks come along when it's really really hot out? I have several yard-related jobs I'd really like to finish before school starts, but we're hovering at 100 every day now and for the next six weeks at least. Forget the potting shed and the other trees, you could light a fire under the recumbent stump and move it along in a hurry.

On thing, though. You might want to what Shane would do--claim it was a lightning strike (and keep the ignition source discreet.)