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The manual (cheapo) auger I got a few years ago to originally do the veggie patch posts has been so handy, sort of regret not getting one sooner.
I've got a manual one for posts which has been really good. These are little ones which will be good for small plants - one is a tiny little one which will be good for seedlings and small bulbs, the other one will be good for smaller pots. I only have a fairly lightweight drill to use it with, but the soil is pretty sandy so it will probably be enough for what I need to do.
aren't the small ones called dibbers?
A dibbler is a round stick type thing with a pointy end. This is an auger that fits into an electric drill to dig a hole. Hopefully it will work one handed so I can do some planting while my finger continues to heal, and it should avoid the blister issue I had from digging too many holes manually.
Since this place is numbat mad, and quokkas are now pretty famous, let me introduce you all to another Western Australian cutie:
https://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/animal/dibbler