The Hole Truth...

I have just discovered that planting a tree, is not an easy thing to do. Did you know that the hole you dig has to be twice as wide as the width of the tree's root ball? Yeah, it does. And then it also has to be as deep as the root ball is tall. In addition to this you have to make the bottom around the root ball deeper so that it looks like the tree is sitting on an island in the middle of the hole. I don't know if you can picture this, but it's quite a lot of work. Oh, and let me suggest that you use a shovel. All I had was a hand spade...