Post #786360 by Prikli Pear on Fri, Apr 27, 2018 12:04 PM

On 2018-04-27 09:52, tikitube wrote:
Looks great, and that's an excellent idea for that bamboo fencing! I'm envious that you can use a post hole digger...here we start hitting rocks about an inch below the surface, so our tools of trade are a mattock, pick axe, and rock bar.

Pure chance on that aspect! We're at the start of the Texas Hill Country, where most of the soil is 4"-6" deep, with limestone underneath. Our lot spans one rare deposit of black Anhalt clay, which I have reason to suspect extends up to 5' deep in places. I've looked over the USGS map of our property, and our rectangular property is literally straddling a narrow triangle of deeper soil with neighbors on all sides sitting atop rock. Now, that clay can do some ugly things to foundations if left to its own devices, but it's allowed me to plant quite a few fruit trees around our yard that otherwise wouldn't have been viable. :)