On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:20:24 -0400, (MICHELLE H.) wrote:

Yeah here is one of the links a saw where people debate whether to use
concrete or not. In the middle of the page is the guy who talks about
using "crushed rock" in the hole around the post, and he claims he's
never had a problem.



http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...3185152AAhcYJi


That depends a *lot* on the soil. It's not likely to work well in very sandy
soil. You don't even need to do that in dense clay.