Last Thursday and Friday Emerald Tree Experts planted six Arborvitaes for some nice folks in the Bartlett Village neighborhood.  They had recently cleared a nice big side yard, which revealed a less-than-nice view of the street, an apartment building and its parking lot.  They could have built a fence, but a verdant screen that would eventually block out even the top part of the view was much more appealing.  
When given plenty of space, Arborvitae will grow and fill out to be 15 ft wide and 25 ft tall.  The first year or two they may exhibit slower growth due to the transition period to new soil and environmental conditions, but after that... big, bigger, biggest!

May often feels like a time warp.  Catapulted from the tentative beginnings of spring  into the lush high-season of vegetative growth, we are left standing at the end of the month in what very much looks and feels like summer.  

Because winter was relatively non-existent this year, we were able to do many jobs in February and March--jobs that normally would have backlogged our April and May with work.  So this May felt very manageable and steady. We head into June and the summer season feeling good--not exhausted from an over-booked month.