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Landscaping the Plymouth House

Bob discusses landscape with John Sears, landscape contractor.
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Landscaping the Plymouth House

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" We tend to feel things yeah window that was very overgrown there and it looks much better now -- of course some of the material that we had here has been transplanted. I think it's going to be all right. Well it survived that long dry spell that word had learned -- false -- and now over here on the front. Where we've built our our trellis sections. These gentlemen are installing. What's this -- part canceled -- And it as the distinctive little red orange buried. And that should be up good party choice right. Right here next to the road it's a real -- plant and middle -- all all the that trellis -- give good screening so we'll have pretty color and good screening from the from the north of the of the street that's right after. Well I'm glad that these do you bushes are going to take as I was concerned you know when we when we did dig him up. Thought I guess that's been about a month since John and I didn't surveyed the property and figured that these would be salvaged out here. Let's take a look at some footage we rolled about a month ago. That's probably well. All right that's -- All of well would it out of the way I got lots. Yes good and -- same problem existed here on the front of the house where all the original foundation plants that. Gotten his biggest -- rose of Sharon any tips on how best to have transplant how to dig the hole until we're well."

" Most in part should be able to save a complete all -- you can pretty rich as the facts of the troubled tour of the plant and you -- it down and try to maintain a good firms all around the plant Hezbollah has to be any vigorously working on right there no it doesn't it can be is actually its smallest possible without cutting big roof that's great. -- we had three or four or five of these what qualities use is we use and some of them are already being put into place. Right we're planning -- up next to the street. Try to cut down a little -- noise from. Automobile depth adjust the root ball itself is only about maybe sixteen inches in diameter at the holes that good. 24. Well we try to give it. -- not hold so that the new -- can be spread out we're putting some peat moss and common or -- them now. It's pretty dries so we're trying to maintain some moisture right around the roof and good grandest costs and fertilizer and where it could but we'd rather use an organic fertilizers -- we don't burn. Candles OK and so the root ball on this one I see you back to -- some -- well we have and we discovered the problem. Years ago they used a plastic. Rapping -- irrelevant real burlap -- and in all he has this has been on the whole this is still confined. The roots to that point. So what we're gonna do here. Is we're gonna -- this with a knife and started that's that we wouldn't be able to remove the whole thing only going to give it a chance in getting into -- out of there right. So as a radio and all this is ready go in the hole and we can put them."

" Not that area."

" Beautiful. And we've marked the front of those other ago -- the same way that they came out. Then you've got -- this one is identical to the one that he's picking up over there these two bushes are a little bit taller and they look a little different. Well this is a -- reform issue and battle over there are Hatfield -- so we got to do a little something different with them planting yes and we've also black things so that other plants. Is ready to go in the hole now we will still need to be able to put some fertilizer in some. Topsoil in this whole over here the important thing listed electrical water right -- long drink water. But to apply -- soil below the ball on -- will also put more -- Boston Common north. -- that in and then when we water the most important thing is to try to drive the air. From away from the ball and we will."

" John looks like you've got a totally under control."

" Well always have a good layer of mulch in place to hold around weeds and to keep the moisture -- and they should do well dresses up nicely. Located close to the house here you've got all sorts of new stuff installed. Well we've put. Bob Robert juniper at the end trips here. So spread out all over the let it spread out and it defines the entrance and controls traffic toward the water right. All the -- we put the habitat you that's important because we'll be able to hold that forever right that's size. We've just. -- Jennifer will never get any tall and probably about a foot tall but again at a spread around spread around and still. Let light in the window what's what's this bush this is a Delaware plate. Let's say it oh yeah yeah very colorful lot of early spring flowers. That's been brought perhaps that whole panel -- it can get -- homeowner from the windows and coating will keep it that we're about that one there this is a PGA rhododendron. Very small leaf rhododendron. The fragrance this will build into this product and give us a good background. Against that always nice to choose something with a fragrance next to the door Brazil tonight."

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