"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Glen Able" writes:
| I guess it's a good time to put up fences now before everything starts
| shooting up and getting in the way (actually, might wait a month or so
until
| Buddleias etc. get razed to the ground).
|
| Anyway, I anticipate living a long and rich life full of DIY fencing
| adventures, so I'm interested in getting tools to help with digging
post
| holes.
|
| The 6" diameter hand augers (£70) look useful. I guess the resulting
hole
| would be good for 3" posts, but would it let you get in enough concrete
| round a 4" post?

What you you want to set them in concrete for? The only useful
way to use concrete is as a collar in the top 6" - if the soil
is packed down around the post, the bottom will not shift. And
concrete the whole way down makes them a real pain to remove.

One last thought, Nick - do you have any particular method/favourite tools
for packing the soil down?

cheers,
G.A.