When our residential homeowner clients, the majority residing in Jackson Hole, visit our tree farm in Teton Valley, they see for the first time the procedures involved in packaging a quality B&B, balled and burlap, tree product for delivery and installation.  We take great care and pride in our tree and landscape products and thought we would share the how’s and why’s to the uninitiated.

On our 200+ acres across two nursery’s in Teton Valley, ID, we have everything from tree and shrub seedlings to mature 20 ft. Evergreen Blue Spruce and Conifers, Aspens, Cottonwoods, Willows, to name a few.  Depending on the caliper of the tree, an appropriately sized tree spade (12” – 64” diameter) that is attached to an excavator is used to extract the proper amount of soil and root system to maintain the health of the tree.

Upon extraction the ball is tightly wrapped and pinned in burlap and then secured in a wire basket.  This tight B&B package will maintain the root and soil compaction, ensuring the health of the tree while staged on the farm prior to delivery and installation.  Beyond creating a package for transport, the B&B promotes healthier tree growth resulting from the pruned roots.

The trees and are now ready to be staged and mulched in uniform rows.  The mulch is used to reduce moisture evaporation as well as keeping the root ball at the appropriate temperature.  The rows are evenly spaced to encourage unobstructed growth and provide easy extraction for loading to transport.  The last component for the staged trees is the installation of an irrigation system to maintain proper soil moisture and sustain the trees and shrubs health while above ground.

Please email or gives us a call to schedule a farm visit, we love to talk trees and provide ideas for your landscape designs!