"professorpaul" wrote in message
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Unless you have a LOT of posts, the best bet for me has been to use a
product called "Sakrete" concrete mix. This is a pre-mix of Portland
cement, sand, and gravel. Come in 80# bags with mixing instructions
(how much water, etc.).

I like to mix things up in a old empty 5 gallon taping bucket, or
something like that. Easy enough to handle, but having a wheel barrow
to move things around on is especially helpful. Mix as per instructions
on the bag, pour in hole around post, true the post up, and that is it.

Available at most good hardware stores, Home Depot, Lowes, etc.


Excellent advice everyone, thanks. I'm going to set 25-30 posts, but not all
at once. I expect it to be an ongoing project for several weeks. Any
thoughts on how many holes a 80# bag will do? Or how many bags per hole? The
bags are cheap enough, and it sounds like it might be my best bet to just do
it a bag at a time.