For anyone digging deep for the POTD, I recommend

A “post hole digger,” which are great for gardening, as I’m sure Tugaloo and others can attest to as well. I’ve found LBB’s congratulatory posts to reveal you dig just deep enough to plant a good seed.

You get can buy them on the line.

I’ve never been able to do it, mainly since I don’t usually start topics. However, I felt strong about this since I used to dig holes in my Grandpop’s garden over 30 years ago for the tomatoes. It was one of the things that made me stronger. I helped with other veggies but the tomatoes stick out because they were red and tasty on a sandwich w. Mayo and required real work.

I hope you gardeners have a good spring and I hope this summer our Football team puts it together.

Go Tigers!

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Your post reminded me of stuff

May 3, 2022, 9:33 AM

About 15 years ago I decided to triple the size of the small deck on the side of my house. Not having expensive high tech tools, I went old school and did a lot of manual labor including digging with post hole diggers 15 two foot holes some with rocks and roots. Then I set the 4x4 posts with concrete that I mixed up with a wheelbarrow and shovel and packed it in good with a spud bar while having them braced to keep them plumb.

After they set for a day or two, I proceeded with the decking which was the easy part compared to all the digging, mixing, and packing. I was in my 40s then; now that I've passed 60, all that would kill me and be a lot more expensive. But mom and dad used to work us hard in the yard, gardens, and shop. So if you're accustomed to it, hard work is not a problem until you get some age on you and it gets harder.

As for POTD, seems it's not really that big a deal. You can just say something sort of stupid like JK did supposedly in jest and if enough other posters find it humorous or true or both and point you up, then voila, you got POTD! Congrats JK.