Crumbly ground!!!

[DonnaM]

I've been out of the loop for a while with a sick father (he's better) and 2 kids graduating from high school (YAY that's a treasure if ever there was one) and trying to go to college myself. I'm wondering how anybody digs anything when the ground is hard as a rock and there is no rain in sight for a while! I'm ready to dig again but I tried and the ground just crumbled! I got out in my back yard. Terrible. I did find an older coca cola bottle cap, a piece of aluminum, some nails in the driveway (maybe prevented a flat tire later), and some chunks of lead. But I got frustrated with the ground and quit.

[bigbillinsc]

hello donna. my best suggestion is set a sprinkler out in the yard the night b4 for about an hour. you can get a cheap one to atach to your water hose for under 10 bucks. just let it run a couple of hours the night b4 and be sure to hit it the next day b4 the sun can bake it again. and you may even use it as a way to ask permission to hunt neighbors yards. "i will water your lawn for you if you will let me detect it." it wont hurt to try

[Knobertsfinds]

When the ground is too hard to dig or the lawn will be ruined I try to head for the beach to dig in the sand, on shore or off shore(depending on your detector) the sand is always easy and the rewards can be great.
good luck and HH.

[Dick from IA]

When it gets too dry to dig in lawns without damaging them excessively, I generally head for the riverbank and wooded areas nearby; always easier digging and making a neat plug is not as critical as on a park lawn.

And there are always the playgrounds (Yawn)

I'm with Dick on that one. When it is that dry I head for the woods, and try to find walking paths and old large trees where people would sir & rest.

[rip]

I was gunna suggest what Dick and Boobie said !

[bigjohn]

yep what they said.

I ended up in the sandy beaches when the ground gets that hard !!!

[DonnaM]

Thanks everybody those are great ideas. I will be digging after work today!!