How to transplant a rose

Nicole and I will be redesigning our garden this spring. One thing we're planning on doing is moving one of our tall climbing rose bushes between our two composters (thanks to Graham for the second one, courtesy of someone in Hamilton!). The idea is to use a climbing rose to go over the two composters and a smaller white rose to hide the one side of the composter from view out of our back window. In addition to hiding the black composters, the roses' proximity to the compost will likely mean healthy plants. I'm slightly concerned about airflow on the one between the composters, but we'll have to see. Instructions on moving roses can be found here. The synopsis?

• DO one rose bush at a time only.
• DO Be Organized
• DO have the new bed or location ready before digging the plant
• DO have all tools and equipment ready.
• DO have water at hand.
• DO work quickly.
• DO ask for help if you have many bushes to be moved.
• DO prune the plants by 1/3 to 2/3; remember, the bush will be shocked when dug up and will be unable to sustain its original amount of leaves.
• DO cover or hill up all transplanted roses for several days.
• DO NOT try to transplant more than one bush at a time.
• DO NOT transplant on a cold, windy, or hot day.
• DO NOT expose the roots for a long time to air, sun, wind or cold and certainly not to freezing rain.
• DO NOT leave newly transplanted bushes uncovered.
• DO NOT fertilize during transplanting (except bone meal).

And, a breakdown of rose terms.

Best looking garden centre website I've come across to date: Knippels. Very helpful, very knowledgeable. I emailed them last night seeking advice on what type of fruit tree to get to replace our snowball flower tree that died this summer (not sure why), and they recommended a five-in-one apple tree (in less than 12 hours: excellent service!). Apparently five different types of apples are grafted onto the stem.

We were looking for a small fruit tree, and were originally leaning towards a small cherry or prune tree. Those are still preferable, but if we can't find one, we'll go with the apple.

Okay, so...I've decided

The bird: Chantecler,

Will be housed in a miniature version of this: Dutch Barn