Whoopee – time to move the palm tree. From the very onset of finding the house, we wanted to move one of the palm trees at the front, to the pool area. Now that the builders have finished, we could finally do it. Ed dug a huge hole out, ready to put it in, and then had to dig out the palm tree. What a job. Thank goodness for the mini-digger. (I don’t know how we would have done anything without it!)
He dug around 2 sides and the tree appeared to move quite a bit, but it wasn’t until the 3rd side had been dug away, that the tree really wanted to move. However, when it came out, it left all of the soil behind, and the roots were bare.
I filled the hole up with water, leaving the hosepipe in the hole, then went to help Ed guide the tree to where it was needed. As I turned around, I saw the top of Max’s tail, sticking out of the hole! He had spotted the water, and jumped in the hole!
It took quite a bit of manoeuvring, but we managed to get the tree in place. Sure enough, it looks great. A palm tree, next to the pool – what could be better?
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