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Anthony_Toronto · March 9, 2014

I was a little shocked at the lack of drainage. I tried scoring the sides of the hole with a shovel, with no change. Easy enough to dig a bit of a hole and test it out first! I didn't find out until after I had already dug 7 or 8 such holes, a lot of effort for a negative result.

March 9, 2014	#5
Anthony_Toronto Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 413	I was a little shocked at the lack of drainage. I tried scoring the sides of the hole with a shovel, with no change. Easy enough to dig a bit of a hole and test it out first! I didn't find out until after I had already dug 7 or 8 such holes, a lot of effort for a negative result.