When moving a great big shrub from its old home to its new one, lay down a couple of pieces of plywood, end to end. Have a couple of people lift the shrub onto the playwood, then wet the surface. Slide the shrub along the plywood to the next piece of plywood, and so forth until you've reached its destination. To get a shrub ready in the spring to move in the fall, dig a six-inch-deep trench around the drip line---where the leaves end. This will cut the feeder roots. Then put moss mixed with soil back in the trench (figure A). When the roots start to spread again, they'll come through the trench and meet the moss. When you're ready to transplant, just cut through the moss with a shovel and you're ready to lift the shrub out.
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