Saturday November 5, 2011

 

Autumn Blaze

Planting a New Tree

 

 

Cerwin and our grandson Jordan making sure that the hole Cerwin dug is large enough for the base of the tree.

 

 

They decided that they had to dig a bit deeper, but there was a tree root hindering that from happening, so Jordan used the axe to make more digging possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josh (left) lives nearby, and came to help when grandpa called him.

 

 

Josh and Jordan discussing how to get it from the trailer to the ground.

 

 

Most of the Autumn Blaze leaves have fallen, but there were a few left to give us an idea of what it will look like next fall.

 

 

 

 

The root system was wrapped and wired together.

 

 

Jordan decided that the hole still needed to be a bit deeper. (He used to work at Root’s Nursery where we purchased the tree.)

 

 

Preparing to roll it off the trailer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now comes the most difficult part – moving it into the hole.

 

 

While they worked on a plan, I noticed that the sun was shining on one of the old trees. One of the few that still has pretty leaves on it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to the new tree. It looks like the guys are moving it toward the hole. Cerwin loves having strong grandsons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jordan clipping the wire that held the root system in place.

 

 

Thanks guys. We really appreciated your help.