Pat, which model did you buy? Does yours have a handle or is it the one with the straight pole? I see that there's an Illinois garden center that's only about 6 miles from me that supposedly carries it.
I'm going to need an efficient shovel within the next few months because I had the really bad news from our local utility that they are going to replace a pole sometime this summer. It is on the easement between 3 houses but unfortunately I have the only unfettered access to the pole. We took out shrubs 2 years ago and I developed that entire section as a daylily area and now I'm going to have to dig out about 30 plants if I don't want them destroyed by heavy equipment. I practically begged the guy to at least put in a request to have the work done in the Fall, after the plants are done blooming, but I'm not holding out much hope. He said they give at least a day's notice before the work because they have to turn off the electricity, but I can see myself getting a call at 6 pm that they'll be there at 7 am the next morning. I'll have to get flood lights like the road construction crews use for overnight work!
The photo is of the area in question. Taken last July, when everything was getting going for the first summer after planting in 2019. Fence belongs to neighbor.
