You don't have to wait for your ugly old stump to rot away, because it's easy to cover up a tree stump and turn it into a raised garden bed. Here's how.
If you're going to work with some wood, you could just start out with a couple of 2 x 4s or whatever other scrap you can find hanging around. Or you can go a little more hardcore and just start with a ...
For tree stumps left behind in the yard, you may want to leave them to rot. However, that could take several years. Here's ...