Since my entire yard is clay soil I have to amend the soil for everything I plant. I have a bulb auger for my drill that I have used to plant the bulbs and find I can also add my soil amendments to the hole and "stir" them in with the auger. So while I was planting my new daylilies and other small perennials this summer, instead of removing all of the soil from the hole and amending it and then putting it back in the hole, I would use my bulb auger and drill to dig my hole and "stir" and mix in my amendments. Most of the time I could just pull the soil back and put my plant in, but for larger ones I would then remove the soil and put it back in over the plant.

What a good idea Ginny! Now I have to look for the auger I know I have stashed somewhere in the shed.

I gotta hang around you more, Ginny. You're always thinkin !
Good job.

I just try to make life easiest

great idea! I will take note

I like this idea, Ginny!

Someone pointed me to cutting off the end of a tent stake as an inexpensive small auger with a 1/2" shaft that will fit a standard drill. Here is the result.


I sometimes bury old firewood vertically with my big stihl auger, hugel style. It helps drainage runoff in our clay soil. Either way it is easier than hand digging.

Great substitute for the auger
This has saved me a lot of time with my amendments.

Dirtmechanic said:Someone pointed me to cutting off the end of a tent stake as an inexpensive small auger with a 1/2" shaft that will fit a standard drill. Here is the result.


I sometimes bury old firewood vertically with my big stihl auger, hugel style. It helps drainage runoff in our clay soil. Either way it is easier than hand digging.

Oh, wow! That looks great! What a wonderful idea!