If you are moving the trees a short distance in the same yard I dont think there is a need for Ken Adrian's Balling and Burlapping. If you make the hole soggy there is a high probability that the roots will end up BELOW the grade when the thing dries out - and the trees will not last long that way. No need to water the holes until the trees are actually in the ground and backfilled.

I might try this three step process using Minwax Simply White 275, Fruitwood, and Early American. Wiping off between applications. See blog post: https://www.lilyardor.com/how-to-stain-wood/#:~:text=For%20my%20stain%20I%20went,are%20by%20far%20my%20favorite.

Thanks to everyone who replied! I really appreciate your feedback. Couple of additional questions, if you have time: 1. Do you feel it is a bad idea to paint Douglas fir, rather than stain it? My husband thinks I am crazy for wanting to paint stained doors. FYI: The 1985 house that we moved into has stained molding, doors, and trim throughout. I am updating the house with taller molding and painting the molding, doors, and trim white. I'm also purchasing Emtek Delaware levers with sideplate: https://emtek.com/sideplate-locks/delaware-9-nonkey. 2. I'd like to convert all of our bi-fold closet doors to French doors. Again, the contractor tells me that it would be cheaper to purchase a pre-hung, solid-core door made of wood veneer than to convert the old doors. However, our current doors are solid Douglas Fir, and I don't want to replace with cheap doors. I've included photos. Thoughts??

I can almost see zone 4a from here, I'm that close to the line. Again, you never know. Right now my seedling Gleditsia triacanthos is completely covered up (protected) with several feet of snow. The first year or two is supposed to be the worst for winter kill on these. There are many mature ones growing around town so I know it's possible once they get established. Be the second winter for my Sugar maple and Japanese tree lilac. Don't expect any trouble there bc we had near -40 last winter and all came through. My Red Oaks laugh at this weather, same for the Bur Oak and Red maple. I did see some kind of borer on the new Green Ash, just one spot, so have a plan for replacement if they appear again this year. It might have been something other than EAB so we'll see. The Tsuga c. may come again from dormant buds idk. If I would've left the burlap surround off, it would have been near completely covered with snow but somehow that surround causes the wind to sweep around it, almost to the bare ground. If it survives this summer, it's on it's own next year.