Power Edger
Many people own an edger or have a neighbor that will lend them an edger making this method cheaper than renting a trencher. It does however take a bit longer since you need to bury the cable by hand, unlike a trencher which will dig the hole and bury the cable in one step. You can use either an electric or gas powered edger, the later tend to be more powerful and are preferable.
Set the power edger to the deepest setting and use the edger to dig a trench along the desired wire path. If the ground is hard, you may want to do this in two passes, a first pass at a shallow depth and a second pass with the edger set to the deepest setting.
Next, place the wire in the trench you created. If the wire does not want to stay in place, you can try using some lawn staples to hold the wire down at the bottom of the trench. Now bury the wire with the dirt that was displaced by the edger. Finally, stomp on the dirt to compact it into place.
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I am wondering if the power trencher will work in high grass. The dogs have taken to doing their business in the high grass, which we do NOT want to stop them from doing, however that will require burying the wires deep in the high grass to give them enough room to feel safely within the boundary.
Nick,
ADMIN – Hi Nick,
I must confess that when I saw the reference to “High Grass”, I thought it was something else! Usually where we have overgrown grass, we either slash or mow it first before trenching. The trencher is probably going to get bogged down a lot if you try and trench directly through dense vegetation.
Another good option would be to forgo trenching and just staple the wire to the ground it this is an area that is never going to be mowed.