tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post5581157295643185692..comments2024-03-28T06:17:49.540-05:00Comments on Two Men and a Little Farm: DIGGING HOLES IN CLAY SOIL1st Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-33170200694203020812020-10-04T21:48:25.532-05:002020-10-04T21:48:25.532-05:00I've been digging holes with an auger to fix m...I've been digging holes with an auger to fix my deck. What a struggle! Added some hydrogen peroxide today, augured and WOW. I went down a foot into clay I couldn't penetrate earlier. Thanks for saving my weekend and my back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-84946114035969899232018-08-26T23:43:29.127-05:002018-08-26T23:43:29.127-05:00Thanks, I stood there one day, after using a shove...Thanks, I stood there one day, after using a shovel, to try to figure out what else would work and I thought "hmmmm, I wonder....." Now I don't think you could use it for tree planting, unless you did a few side by side and then broke through the walls separating them with a shovel but for smaller plants we think this is a pretty good solution. At least it's a head start and in this soil, plants can use all the help we can give them, ha. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-48745676751802145152018-08-26T23:41:34.390-05:002018-08-26T23:41:34.390-05:00It really did a good job. And the plant is growing...It really did a good job. And the plant is growing. I mean, I know it's not going to solve the problem but if it gives them a head start, that's the important thing.<br />1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-18705833031567400972018-08-26T23:40:01.471-05:002018-08-26T23:40:01.471-05:00Oh, from your lips to our fruit trees ears, ha. We...Oh, from your lips to our fruit trees ears, ha. We just used the raised bed for them but while they have grown, they haven't taken off yet. I'm hoping in the next year or two they too will punch through and take off. The raised beds were just to avoid trying to dig so many deep holes. The auger would not have worked for them because they were pretty good sized already. But hey, they are taller than they were, we had some fruit set this season and so hoping that one day they'll explode and take off. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-27957930933419878652018-08-26T23:37:52.526-05:002018-08-26T23:37:52.526-05:00An auger is invaluable in the garden and yard. Fo...An auger is invaluable in the garden and yard. For fence posts of course, but as we've found in our hard soil, for digging holes. And yep, we've learned, the hard one, that big pretty plants aren't always the best unless you have a big deep area ready for planting . I think the smaller ones have more time to adapt and figure out their "new home", ha. Hope you get more rain!!1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-7906611228587293272018-08-26T23:35:55.579-05:002018-08-26T23:35:55.579-05:00Good questions. I will edit the post. It was mayb...Good questions. I will edit the post. It was maybe about 2 cups per hole. I guess it would depend on how deep the hole was. It wasn't water in the hole I looked at the pics and that's just the bubbling of the clay as it sort of melted and slid down the hole. The soil has worked so far but I'm not going to use that anymore. I only had that one bag. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-8819995696457332022018-08-26T23:17:57.648-05:002018-08-26T23:17:57.648-05:00Don't we though? Thanks!! I love stumbling a...Don't we though? Thanks!! I love stumbling across stuff like this and hey I'll try new things and if it works (or even not) we'll share it. 1st Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861609647607912193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-35794860465440694722018-08-13T20:46:23.281-05:002018-08-13T20:46:23.281-05:00thats a clever use for a post hole auger! and pero...thats a clever use for a post hole auger! and peroxide!! Thats amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-41016403899574111392018-08-13T18:30:11.167-05:002018-08-13T18:30:11.167-05:00Those before and after pictures of the soil in the...Those before and after pictures of the soil in the dug hole are amazing - it really did break up the clay. Texas Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547037404676565726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-5340305316342517452018-08-13T17:59:53.336-05:002018-08-13T17:59:53.336-05:00Should have known that trick years ago. Our trees...Should have known that trick years ago. Our trees struggles for about 4 years before punching thru hardpan and then there was no stopping them. Tewshoozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564577459982968771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-51396373138488173012018-08-13T15:17:43.394-05:002018-08-13T15:17:43.394-05:00We had rented an auger some years back to dig fenc...We had rented an auger some years back to dig fence pole holes when we put up our fence. Sure beats digging holes by hand using just a old fashion fence post digger.<br />So much easier using an auger; faster and much quicker.<br />Whenever we planted anything we always used Green Sand as well as Lava sand to put in the freshly dug holes along with good compost and then used the old dug up dirt and filled in on top, but never heard of using peroxide. Peroxide in my laundry yes, but not to put in freshly dug hole. Goes to show; never too old to learn new things. Thanks for the tip.<br /><br />Like me; I also like to start out with smaller plants; less apt to go into shock than a much larger plant.<br />Enjoy your evening.<br />We received more showers today and in forecast for another rain front to come through later on early evening. Woo Hoo. <br /> Felt like dancing in the rain this morning; which I did till I heard a large crack of thunder and then beat it in the house real quick like.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106960827480062745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-42236681132822866652018-08-13T14:08:37.083-05:002018-08-13T14:08:37.083-05:00how much peroxide do you put in a hole? Do you pou...how much peroxide do you put in a hole? Do you pour it down the sides? Is all that peroxide in the hole or some water, too? How long do you wait before planting? I imagine what you bought was something to hold onto some of the water. But, if the walls are clay and holding water in or out, will the plants not drown? Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552387675026716797.post-23477928742340180712018-08-13T12:11:21.335-05:002018-08-13T12:11:21.335-05:00Learn something new every day!!Learn something new every day!!peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04676449572517853484noreply@blogger.com