Goodness Ruth, I'm so embarrassed.  I don't know any of the local
farmers!  There are some Hmong folks working a piece of land a couple
of miles to the east.  But I've never seen them use machinery.  The
farms are growing McMansions and mini-malls.

Besides, there's probably only a dozen holes I need, hardly worth
starting the tractor up for.

You do have pretty rocks out your way, and damned good quality too, but
I think the transportation costs might be prohibitive.

-jc


On Mar 16, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Ruth Barton wrote:

> John,  Can't you find a farmer with a post hole auger on the 3 point
> hitch
> of his tractor?  It's MUCH easier that way and less likely to break an
> arm
> or leg.
>
> Maybe I should start a rock export business?  We got plenty.  Ruth
>
>
>
>
> At 6:38 AM -0600 3/15/05, John Callan wrote:
>> Ruth,
>>
>> I'm going to rent the auger, so I don't know how powerful it is.  Its
>> a
>> two man tool.  But, our soil even frozen would look pretty darn easy
>> to
>> work with by comparison to yours.  We can't raise a decent crop of
>> rocks, no how.  Why we got folks importing rocks and paying good money
>> for them too!
>>
>> Yup.  I was planning to fill them holes with posts.  Nice cedar 6X6's,
>> beveled tops, primed and painted white, two coats, just like the
>> existing non-conforming picket fence.  Nope, when I want to do
>> something just to pass the time, I go shovel snow off the pond.
>>
>> -jc
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