Sherwood.s Forests -- Advice

## Tree Planting Services Not enough time or a bad back? We plant what we sell. We'll plant other people's trees too. Just like the plumber, there is a 60 minimum charge just for showing up. That covers me and my truck coming to the job. Normal price will be about 5 per gallon pot size. 7 gallon maximum. (MY back doesn't do trees bigger than that.) This is planting on reasonably level ground where there is room for my auger. It's also assuming that you don't have rock quarry disguised as a yard. Price includes digging the hole, placing the tree, mulching with heavy duty fabric mulch or wood chips, watering in, and first dose of fertilizer. It does not include hauling away the extra dirt, although I will take the pots. I will require access to a water tap. Let me know if I need to bring my own hose. So if you want a privacy screen of 8 three gallon white spruce with 7 two gallon choke cherries between them, it would cost: * 60 base charge (includes delivery) * 8 white spruce x 3 gallons/spruce x $5/gallon = 120 * 7 cherries x 2 gallons/cherry x $5/gallon = 70 * 60 + 120 + 70 = $250 That's just the planting. This particular order of trees would be 24-32 each for 3-4 foot spruce. 16 each for 7 chokecherries. Taking the middle of the price range for the spruce * 8 spruce x $28 each = $208 * 7 chokecherries x $16 each = $112 * 112 + 208 = $320. Generally this ratio will hold. Planting will cost between 1/2 and 2/3 the price of the trees. ***

Robert A. Heinlein