Problem solved by using the bread knife. (New
replacement purchased for SWMBO)

The problem with a lawn edger is the heavy clay that
adheres to it, resulting in an unsightly hole rather than
a neat slit.

"Sarge" wrote in message
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I used a lawn edger....
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
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Someone suggested this over the last few days.
As I'm having trouble with soil sticking to the spade
and creating a hole when the spade is pulled up
instead of just a slit, could someone redescribe the
meat cleaver technique?

OH ok.. see its top soil here so it was easy. Clay is a bummer..


"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
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Problem solved by using the bread knife. (New
replacement purchased for SWMBO)

The problem with a lawn edger is the heavy clay that
adheres to it, resulting in an unsightly hole rather than
a neat slit.

One of the locals here used a chainsaw to cut the groves for his ground
radials.


--
John Passaneau
Physics Electronics/Lab Prep

"Sarge" wrote in message
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OH ok.. see its top soil here so it was easy. Clay is a bummer..


"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
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Problem solved by using the bread knife. (New
replacement purchased for SWMBO)

The problem with a lawn edger is the heavy clay that
adheres to it, resulting in an unsightly hole rather than
a neat slit.

I did come across a local plumber using a handsaw
to ensure that the edges of his trench were clean.

"W3JXP" wrote in message
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One of the locals here used a chainsaw to cut the groves for his ground
radials.
"Sarge" wrote in message
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OH ok.. see its top soil here so it was easy. Clay is a bummer..
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
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Problem solved by using the bread knife. (New
replacement purchased for SWMBO)
The problem with a lawn edger is the heavy clay that
adheres to it, resulting in an unsightly hole rather than
a neat slit.

Swapped them around!

SWMBO of the opinion that brand-new "Kitchen Devil"
("Lifetime's Guarantee") bread/carving knife is blunter and
of less use than 20-year-old version!

(And yet we have never attempted to sharpen the old one
due to mechanically-difficult serrated edges!)

"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
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Problem solved by using the bread knife. (New
replacement purchased for SWMBO)