I love my wheelbarrow and my post hole digger. They are without a doubt my favorite tools. My trusty wheelbarrow and I have moved yards and yards of dirt, sand, and rock not to mention cord after cord of firewood.
My digger and I have put in hundreds of posts. I love that thing. The eight-foot posts need to go in 28-30 inches. I have a mark on the handle so I know when I’ve reached the right depth. This summer I had to replace three fence posts that broke off.
I happily grabbed my digger and the new posts and off I went. I started on the first hole. It was a hot day but like I said I love this tool and I’m good with it. I was sure this would be a quick job. I was wrong. I got down barely 20 inches when I couldn’t get any more sand out. Our land is mostly sand.
I looked at the digger. I thought maybe I bent it so it wouldn’t hold the sand as it came up. It just fell back into the hole. I ended up grabbing a trowel and finishing laying on the ground pulling the sand out by hand.
I tried the second hole but the same thing happened. I figured I would just need a new digger. I went to the hardware store to look at them but the opening at the bottom was the exact same as mine. It finally dawned on me what the trouble was, drought. The sand even that far down was so bone dry it didn’t stick together.
Years of digging holes through rocks and roots couldn’t stop my digger but the drought did. Now when I gather my gear to dig a hole, I have to carry a gallon of water along. Weather can truly change how we deal with the world.
May your sand always be moist.
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