thistlebloom
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@Nyboy, go get yourself some potting soil and pot them up, water well and store in that unheated shed with something to use around the pots to insulate the roots. Coarse bark, straw, hay, bags of leaves...whatever you can get your hands on. Then plant them as soon as the ground thaws in the spring.
After planting garlic in frozen ground last weekend there ain't no way I'd be trying to dig planting holes for bare root trees.
The thing with trees as opposed to garlic is you want to make every effort to plant them right so they do well for the multiple decades of it's life. Much easier to do that when the soil and weather is conducive to doing it right the first time.
Another thing, tree roots will continue to grow until the soil freezes, so by potting them up and insulating those pots you will be allowing those little guys to get some root growth on before they do freeze.
Then they'll prosper in the spring when you get them in the ground.
After planting garlic in frozen ground last weekend there ain't no way I'd be trying to dig planting holes for bare root trees.
The thing with trees as opposed to garlic is you want to make every effort to plant them right so they do well for the multiple decades of it's life. Much easier to do that when the soil and weather is conducive to doing it right the first time.
Another thing, tree roots will continue to grow until the soil freezes, so by potting them up and insulating those pots you will be allowing those little guys to get some root growth on before they do freeze.
Then they'll prosper in the spring when you get them in the ground.
Not quite right, @majorcatafish, 
while the real experts thrive where there are long growing seasons.
She deserves every success she attains with her gardens.
