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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow writes:
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| I seem to recall that you have an African connection ????? so may know
| my trick. I've often had to resort to the dig a bit, pour in water,
| wait a day, dig a bit, pour in water etc. I've taken about 2 weeks to
| dig a 3 ft hole to put in a post on one occasion.. We've just had a
| drought here where a plumber I knew said that the soil was bone dry to
| a depth of at least 6 ft..

Yup. One go is enough here, with 60% sand, but heat-hardened clay and
some alkaline soils are right b*gg*rs in that respect. That trick is
well worth remembering.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.