What I do is wait until after a rain, or water the area first.<br><br>Lisa<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Daines</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:rjdaines@gmail.com">rjdaines@gmail.com
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Not a geocaching question since we are not allow to dig or use pointy objects to make holes but I can&#39;t see that that is a problem for Arizonans in the desert areas since I find it virtually impossible to dig a hole in this 
<span>caliche soil.&nbsp; I believe it&#39;s also known as hardpan.&nbsp; Just how to you guys dig a hole, my gosh, I just wanted to plant a few cacti before the temps went over 100F one morning.&nbsp; </span>
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