Batya, I'm in Z8 Alabama (about your same winter lows - 10 degrees F? Summer in the high 90's?) Due to creaky knees I now grow mostly in containers yearround. When we moved about 6 years ago I was already growing lots of small trees and shrubs in pots and the nice thing is you can amend the soil, plus move pots around for optimum conditions and design. So if you can't get replanted right away you can be confident most of your hardy plants will thrive in pots. I'd suggest concentrating on getting root system settled into pot not much larger than root ball especially for Rosemary, Aloe, plants which prefer good drainage, drier soil conditions. I often combine a small tree (Vitex) or shrub (Rosemary or Rue) with groundcover like Sedum and tuck in small bulbs. As to perennials, they should do fine... I'd just wait until resprouting and dig up a chunk and plop in pot or you can use old plastic basins, trashcans, etc....just punch out big drainage holes. We stuck small pots into those plastic milk crates for easier transport after first using them for moving other items...is your new place nearby? Crates were easy to carry, kept pots upright...are they readily available and cheap there? We even lined a couple with plastic and moved my beloved black-stemmed Bamboo...I then just poked holes in the plastic thru sides and I've got a mini grove started as the roots ramble...lol). In winter here I only water pots weekly but in summer it's sometimes daily for 6-8" pots thus I'm gradually combining more plants in larger pots (24" or even larger) which can survive a few days between watering. But these larger pots are not easily moved...just wanted to mention in case you wanted to consider containers as permanent plant homes after you move. Forgot to mention that one benefit is easier to weed and care for...and much easier to dump out and start something new...lol I'm not sure shading other than placing on north side of house would be necessary for your newly dug-up plants this early in year...and leaving outside where they would remain semi-dormant until warmer weather arrives seems to give good results in my zone. I've read that roots continue to grow whenever temps are above 40 degrees so they would do fine I think. Nurseries here recommend transpanting new shrubs/trees in the fall but earliest spring is fine...time to get settled in before hot weater stresses them. Good luck...and I can surely sympathize wit wanting to take your garden with you...don't miss my old home nearly as much as my garden. josh

Traditionally, before the technology of refrigerating them was developed, most new roses were planted as bare-roots in the late fall. Transplanting roses as bare-roots is much the easiest way to do it. In your zone, there is a risk that a warm December could cause roses to grow out, freeze back, and deplete the plants or even kill some of them. However, that's the way I'd do it, as opposed to the expense and labor of potting. Just dig them with 12" roots and canes, strip all leaves, label them and bag them. Store in the shade until you can plant. They should keep well at temperatures mostly between 25 and 40 degrees Remove any growth buds that break before spring. After planting, spray the canes with dormant-strength Wilt Pruf.

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I am going out of what's left of my mind... Rechecked the connections all is OK on that front. Tried to install drivers from miniCD that came with enclosure, but they were for Windows 98 only. Light does come on for enclosure when powered up. My computer sees a USB mass storage unit attached as it tells me this device would run better with a USB 2.00 port.(I have l.0, I guess) Device Mgr.says this device is there and working properly but it will not show up on "My Computer" to be accessed. I even went into DOS prompt and at random typed in various drive letters and after G:(CDRW) nothing clicked in..and I got up to the letter R:!! Just got bright idea...I am going to Nexstar website for clues...thanks for your input...keep it coming...bye for now.