Moving A Ridiculously Large Tree

Now I know what people who don't work do with all their time:  we take on crazy, huge projects that we would never dream of tackling if we worked!  : )

This time it was moving a 20+ foot crepe myrtle from the front yard to beside the house.  I totally underestimated the scope of the project.  After much digging, truck-pulling, heavy equipment hiring, and turf ruining the tree finally arrived to its new hole.  Before we left on Thursday, Jerry and I frantically added half a ton of top soil and a scoop of mulch, and reseeded the lawn.  We staked the tree too but they were calling for high winds on Thursday night so we wondered all weekend if all our efforts were going to be rewarded with a tree blown into the neighbor's yard! 

We were pleasantly surprised today when we arrived home to find our tree still standing!  Now we are just hoping the poor tree will tough it out and survive the move.  I'll have to update you on that next spring.  : )