Forever Green Transplanting

05/03/2022

Forever Green Transplanting is for sale--my truck or the whole business! ...If interested or maybe just curious message me making sure I have your email...I am working on the final 21 year tree tally which I hope to post soon right here.

12/23/2021

04/30/2021

Happy National Arbor Day!

11/05/2020

Yet another beautiful native tree, the Eastern hemlock in Michigan is threatened by the exotic pest hemlock wooly adelgid from Asia . Hemlocks are strictly quarantined here, moving them requires a series of inspections, and paperwork must accompany each tree on its journey. Careless retailers and landscapers have sold diseased stock which when planted in diverse locations has spread the environmental problem. We can only hope that this tree does not go the way of the Amercian chestnut, American elm, and all four of our native ash species. It had been a few years since I had the privilege of moving a hemlock. Luckily that changed as I moved nine of them in the last couple days.

10/28/2020

Moved a very special Gingko biloba today at Western Michigan University

10/06/2020

Maybe once a year I have the privilege of moving the very gorgeous tree Nyssa sylvatica, commonly called sourgum, black gum or tupelo. This one today came from Katerberg Verhage's Cascade Tree Farm and ended up at Pro Cut Lawn Care and Landscaping.

07/14/2020

Sometimes a guy has to dig a tree by memory because the view of it is very "shady." Photos by Brian Diemer of Everett's in their nursery.

07/10/2020

Pausing for a few minutes to admire a particularly stunning American beech tree

12/31/2019

11/13/2019

Despite cold air temperatures lately, the soil beneath my truck is not frozen at all. In fact, if I do no stay on those mats every inch of the way I'd be stuck in the mud in a big hurry. The 4" of snow insulates the ground well, no matter how cold it gets that soggy clay soil simply will not freeze. Tall weeds in a field or a layer of leaves do the same thing. It is hard to be productive in these conditions--everything takes so much more time to accomplish.