Even the tractor augur took a while to dig that deep.
The drought means dry ground, hard to dig. I never would have had the patience to dig that deep by hand.
The hole is for a six-foot 4×4, to which I then screwed the 2×6 you see lying there. The 2×6 had ironically enough rotted off at the ground. It’s a mast to hold the electric fence wire from the fence charger up above the drive path.
Here’s a video snippet.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/796414230160200/
https://youtu.be/Pyw62CiPFyM?si=wbvFs9zW1Silsl7k
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![[Movie: Auguring (9.3M)]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2026-07-12--tractor-augur-posthole/20260712_101428.jpg)