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["Rob Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> The trees arrived today. I order bare root stock from Trees of Antiquity 
> and
> got real trees. They are more than 4 feet tall and STURDY. I've had a 
> small
> problem with sciatica these last few months, and my physical therapist 
> (the
> same one who restored my arm to full motion after I tried to rip it off a
> couple of summers ago) has advised me not to scrub my floors on my hands 
> and
> knees. Maybe this means that I should ask Mom if I can borrow her hired 
> man
> for a day, or two, to dig the holes? She always enjoys having someone else
> pay him for a day or two.

Probably so. Remember the advice, " Don't dig a $1 hole for a $10 tree"? You 
might be accused of taking it literally if you are paying him :>) Seriously, 
no sense in injuring yourself or not getting the holes big enough.

I planted my trees a few weeks ago that were not huge, especially the root 
system. I have plowed up the area that they went in. It was quite a bit of 
work getting the holes deep enough in spite of the plowing.

I've seen their web site. So what varieties did you get?

Rob - Va