Talking Turkey

One of our long term customers is building a new home after tearing down the small, old cottage that existed on the lot. The homeowner thought the weeping crab that was on the lot would look good on the lot line between another property he owned. So we needed to move it before construction on the new home started. Normally, with a tree that size (over five inch caliper) we would hire a tree spade to move it but due to the transplant location a spade would have been unable to get into the site.

The new location was on the lot line between two houses, the tree was to heavy to move by hand and was impossible to lift manually so we used our tractor. In addition we needed to remove a section of the white picket fence to make some room. We hope the tree lives we wanted to wait until the tree lost it's leaves but construction waits for no one.

Next door to the tree we transplanted is a house we landscaped a few years ago. The house was newly constructed and we installed full landscaping; trees, shrubs, lawn and pavers. The home owners have kept everything well manicured paying special attention to keeping things trimmed and neat. The job looks great and is a testament to a well planned landscape design.




Snap cut stair treads are all the
rage because of their durability, flexibility and their one full step at a time ease of installation. They require careful handling at 500 to 600 pounds each you can easily lose a finger if you not vigilant. This staircase was retrofitted into a glacial stone wall we built several years ago. The ten steps now provide access to a back lot at the lake.

The green shrubs in the photo on each end are fern leaf buckthorns and these are two fine examples. A Big Cis plum is sandwiched in the middle. It has taken a while for these plants to develop but they were well worth the wait.

This paver walk was installed by Matt, Gary and Bill, it is on Clear Lake, they only way to reach the site was to go up and down the stairs. Young Matt made many trips hauling out 5 gallon buckets of broken up concrete that was the old sidewalk. Fortunately the dirt they removed could be used on site but all the limestone (2.75 ton), sand (.5 ton) and three skids of pavers were brought down the stairs. It is no wonder that Matt has lost nearly 20 pounds since starting work, most of the employees fatten up a bit over winter and quickly lose 15 0r 20 pounds in the first couple of months working.