Often if it hasn't rained for a couple weeks the dirt in the desert is going to be rock hard. Archaeologists deal with this with mini mattocks typically-- any other ideas?
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, Mar 18 2017 3:18 PM
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Posted March 18 2017 - 3:18 PM
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Posted March 18 2017 - 3:26 PM
The dirt in the desert is as soft as can be, rain or not. Are you talking about the foothills, where it's almost all clay?
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Posted March 18 2017 - 3:27 PM
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The dirt in the desert is as soft as can be, rain or not. Are you talking about the foothills, where it's almost all clay?
Yeah, didn't mean like true desert just really hard ground in general
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Posted March 18 2017 - 3:28 PM
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Several gallons of water poured onto the site you want to dig. Let sit over night.
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Posted March 18 2017 - 3:29 PM
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Several gallons of water poured onto the site you want to dig. Let sit over night.
somehow I don't think that'll be good for a queen I'm trying to dig up
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Posted March 18 2017 - 6:05 PM
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You have rain this coming Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday in Riverside. Lucky~
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