I used to hammer my fence posts in, now I just use a post hole digger and gravel

It took me about 5 years of fixing the same section of fence every spring before I figured this out. My neighbor Jerry came over last April when I was out there with the sledgehammer and told me I was doing it all wrong. He said just dig the hole a bit wider, put in some gravel at the bottom for drainage, then set the post. I tried it on two posts that were rotted out from sitting in wet dirt. That was 8 months ago and they haven't budged. Before I was just pounding them into the ground and hoping for the best. Anyone else stuck in their old ways on something simple like this?

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paulmitchell11d ago

There's always that one neighbor who saves you years of bad habits.

the_faith8d ago

Used to roll my eyes but my neighbor literally saved my lawn last summer.