Absolutely! The kahakō (there is no “s” in Hawaiian; plural is demarcated through the noun marker “na” or a quantifier) adds stress - and thus strength - to the vowel. In your case, clearly an outward stress against the soil was required.
Rember, all the umlaut does is change the sound, no matter which way you stick the impacted vowel in the ground!
Eric
Thanks Eric. I did notice the umlauts from Umlauts-R-Us kept emitting a faint “eew” sound whenever they contacted the soil, as if they were mildly offended and immediately in need of a shower.
It’s also good to know kahakōs are strong enough to survive volcanic soils. I assume they come at a premium?
In the mean time I’ll try Korm’s advice and plant my fancy umlauts upside down Ո̤ or double up Uͧ̈.
Metal & plastic stakes are surprisingly expensive and quite obtrusive, so I am using bamboo plant stakes and wired them together with bonsai wire. The idea is that I can control both sides of the edging and keep it from riding up during the build. It worrked well for The DÜRR PART 1.
They hold the garden edging down until the soil settles, then can be pulled or left to rot.
I cut a number of wooden blocks from the sleepers cut-offs that were left over from the vegetable garden bed build.
They space the right of way.
I am using vegetable garden mix sandy loam for the garden and the garden railway it settles, holds, fast but allow roots to weave their way through the soil.
Once I get the spacing, and level correct, I use the stakes and make a slurry to tamp in place.
It is kind of like building a sand castle at the beach, but with much more swearing.
This section pictured here has been the most labour intensive as both sides of the edging came out of the ground….
…and I am at the maximum length of my level, so need two to get this section finished.
Once I have the spacing correct I pour a bit of the slurry in between the edging strips then try to butter the other sides with the sandy loam.
Then I pat the wet slurry down to get it to settle. Later I will walk in the trench to ensure compaction.
Put the level on a longer straight board. Immediately you have a longer level.
