Planting a dug spruce in the Peace Region
When to plant, how deep to dig, setting the tree, watering in and bracing against Peace Region wind.
Dug to order
How it works
Shelter and privacy for your home, in five steps.
Five steps
Spring through fall. Call before you come.
- 01
Call or send a request
Call (250) 789-3340 or send a request with species, size, quantity, and pick up or delivered and planted.
- 02
Pick your trees
Come out to the farm, walk the rows with us and choose the trees you want.
- 03
We dig to order
We dig your trees with our tree spade, then burlap and basket each root ball.
- 04
Get them home
Bring a trailer and we load it with our skid steer, or we deliver and plant.
- 05
Plant and water
Water well through the first season. Our guides walk you through it.
Step 03
Dug to order
Trees are dug to order with our tree spade, then burlapped and wire-basketed.
You pick spruce or blue spruce and a size band. We dig that tree when you are ready.
Step 04
Getting your trees home
Pick up
Faster and most economical
Bring a heavy-duty trailer and we load the trees with our skid steer. Dug to order, ready when you arrive.
Delivered & planted
Subject to weather and availability
We dig, haul and plant. Quoted per job and scheduled around the season and our availability, so expect a longer wait.
Step 05
Planting and watering
Spruce is easy to maintain. Water after planting. These trees thrive in places that get several hours of filtered light daily.
First-year watering and care
How often to water, how to check the root ball, fall watering before freeze-up and preventing winter burn.
Privacy and windbreaks
Privacy is just a phone call away.
A privacy wall or windbreak of mature spruce, grown 25 minutes from Fort St John. Pick up a load, or ask about delivery and planting.