TimR wrote in news:1c4084ff-1adf-4cc7-9c36-
:

Dig it up.

Lay it down on the ground, so that it is lying on the ground.

(I hate the misuse of lie and lay)

Prune it in complete safety.

Replant it.

Of course, we have a hydraulic tree spade at work. If you're doing
this by hand, YMMV.


If it wasn't for this group thinking out of the box, I'd be doing
everything the hard way :-)