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Kim and John; I have been determined to make my railway fit my garden and not vice versa, so I have come up against your problem several times. To make matters worse I live in the tropics and things grow so fast you can nearly watch them. I have many tropical ferns and palms around my layout and the biggest single problem is with them growing bigger and everything goes ok for a while and all of a sudden you get a stoppage or a derailment and its the same old culprits all the time, and I think they might have something of a permanent or serious nature happen to them soon. However your root problem is not too hard, heres what i have done with some success. 1) Excavate around them as much as possible, over under and around don't stint. 2) Get a small saw and cut off what you can then repeat item (1), this wont hurt your plants or it hasn't mine. 3) if you have a really low point, run a bit of plastic conduit down to it and fill it with fine gravel. Make up a mixture of 3-4 parts fines to 1 part cement, mix well with water so that you get a very slightly sloppy to stiff mix. 4) Don't just pour it in, bring it up nearly level with your ballested way using a trowel to get the shape you want and then cover gently with fines. 5) Leave for a few days or untill you get your next tropical monsoon and check. 6) After that, lead a good life, be kind to your wife and kids and all should be ok. Best of luck Ian PS You can guess we are having a wet day here on the Sunshine Coast, very rare but it happens, thats why I have answered everything going.
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