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Planting Trees and Shrubs in the Front Yard

Bob talks with Janet Cox landscape contractor about plant installation. Janet discusses the unique problems of urban landscaping and the plant choices for this project.
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Planting Trees and Shrubs in the Front Yard

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" And an urban front yard is not always an easy task to accomplish Janet Cox. From lifestyles here in the city your your contractor your for a woman entrepreneur or in this is your company is doing the subcontract right yes it is congratulations -- now. What the conditions like here."

" Very dry very rocky as you can see the -- soil loose."

" Roxbury cannot happen at least not yet then you've got into the -- crew back there. -- loading up a lot of the rubble of a lot of the broken stone from the construction process but also and that's sometimes you begin hauling a lot in the city you might it in the bathtub right."

" Sadness happen actually we've come up with higher and I'm for is kinds of things."

" From what about filters in the city when you're in the middle of the job in your planning Stephanie disappears overnight it happens with smaller shrubs like this -- easily fight against the movement as -- class for the."

" We'll try and cut down on that yet but a lot of -- quick comment that's taken right."

" Right up yeah did you do than police station near -- granted. Yes we did we completed that at the end of the summer and we had about fifteen times disappear from the spots and we've expletives any city -- the same kind of little problems that this is looking good tell me a little bit about the choice of plant material work well -- of the trees. But strains. So -- maples of life that'll. Have very thanks caller Bob yes. These regular box -- stick which is an evergreen shrubs. And when that compacts you're gonna have kind of an irregular. Hedge -- separation between the two front lines is this is the two family house correct thrifts that was the idea to give."

" That's so and -- Property and."

" Own space. In the back along the foundation we have loaded and which is a nice party. Evergreen flowering shrub."

" In this city -- the choice you need steady Heidi clamps cut with a lot of times with a lot of children yeah. And you need something Heidi instead -- that'll stand up right."

" sugar maples I noticed that you've got it planted with. I kind of little island."

" This is this is for water routinely at your expo water retained it possible what it just doesn't spread out and ran out into -- area. Tom asked the Wilmington and."

" Rough and -- graded we will put mountainous area scandal element is being delivered as -- just -- the first crack. Way to go. But we go over there and try frank Santos who's gonna tell us a little bit more about type whom we usually."

" All right let's say hello frank sent to the Soviet K -- however I'm Bob I guess you know again and I know Canada -- it again -- it is. The this is wedded to but he got a big job like this how many yards did you just dumped here 28 yards up. And there's still more trucks out on the street to a more the -- tonight yards coming through this job."

" Right and its people really don't anticipate enough material really bad that would give -- is an exact spreading about people. Really need their lives -- imagine. Janet that's would be the plan calls for a forward and spread out over the existing conditions and and then your views are you putting sod down or we --"

" We'll be height associating with since -- sprayed. It's sprayed out Bob pulls up from a tanker right and keep -- YOK it and."

" But it certainly in the middle of summer it'll take about a week to Germany at least that we and brought a month to establish itself right right you gotta keep the -- because."

" Now I noticed that the did you got us a sample here frank -- tell us more what is this well we'll wait this company. We're -- now. -- has gone through links and custom blended soil mixes and what we have here is a brewery sludge. -- vote for Obama Merrimack New Hampshire women breweries -- constantly. Anheuser-Busch. We're going -- beer making process yet and he goes into the room. They waste water treatment plant up and imagine you know I think I smell a little. -- don't know about them along there and then give us a lot -- benefits that are in here a lot of microbial action. What you need to do little corner of violent and soil especially weak link."

" Yeah now you're an agronomist -- your specialist in certain type of athletic turf been so important is this something that's recommended. Hi especially when you're spraying see Don."

" Yes this'll work -- work -- very well in the planting. And we we make a special mixes long golf courses ring to it. And we mix this in with a swamps and when he went 5%. How does it compare cost wise to standard -- it'll run a little bit more expensive but to get a lot of benefit wrong materials for -- bringing went along and establishing law."

" And what about just putting in an apartment growing in tomato plant is that there will be very happy happy read it yet. Gone on -- it home. OK so what we have here is two more trucks ago and up all -- work ahead. Back but they check on the process next week are Ohio and it thanks. Thanks a lot they give up all right."

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