Saturday, November 21, 2009

Tree movers extraordinaire

Huge progress was made today as we were able to dig up and move Owen's tree, a six year old Weeping Cherry. I priced out professional tree movers and they wanted $250 just to come out, so we decided to try it ourselves with the backhoe.

We had many obstacles - slow traveling, tree too close to house, Glenn knocking Michelle over with the scoop TWICE! - but all in all, it was a huge success. At least we think. We'll see if she takes root and blossoms this spring.

Here she is at her new home....


Enroute....

2 comments:

  1. Glenn...........you have got to get better control of that scoop, k? LOL Looks good guys, I hope the tree survives the move!

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  2. Tree moving can be so much fun! We had to get a few trees removed, and we decided to do it ourselves, and it was a triumph! Now, we're in a new home, and there's a huge tree that we want removed. We'll see if we can do it ourselves, but it's pretty big.

    Sara Welsh | http://www.treeland.ca/tree_moving.html

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