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  • From: "Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>
  • To: <outwest4us AT yahoo.com>, <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Tillers...was Soil and fertility
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:27:53 -0800

Back in the dark ages, a friend and I rented a two-man auger to put in fence posts as her fences were beyond ancient and the posts were rotting off. Certainly not a way to keep steers out of the veggies! I'd used them in the past and hadn't had a problem. It turns out her little hills must have been one massive upheaval of stone from days long past! We got down about 8" or so and the thing hit a massive stone. Well, back then we were young and svelte and the auger stopped but the top/handles didn't. We must have looked like a whirly gig <g> The neighbor took pitty on us and came over with his tractor and sunk the rest of the holes for us!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- From: <outwest4us AT yahoo.com>

We're not messing with trying to grow anything in the so-called soil we have around here! We're having top soil brought in. We too have those massive rocks everywhere.

When we put up all the posts for the horse fence, we couldn't even use a 2 man auger ti dig the holes. Ended up renting a mini excavator.





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