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Janet Baraclough writes:
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| Seriously, I use whichever of my feet, a trowel or a spade that is
| most convenient.
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| Well you must be making wide holes, or have very long thin legs:-)
| Refilling should be tamped down a bit at a time to get it solid (fill
| 6", tamp, another 6", tamp etc). For tamping deep in the hole I use a
| (strong) strip of old plank.

Actually, you are right. I can't imagine why I had forgotten what
I do, unless it is a combination of old age and substance abuse!
Yes, of course I do tamp the soil with more than a trowel (which
is what I was thinking of) - or I certainly did last time.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.