Sarah and I recent took out our ghetto mailbox from the previous owners. It was held in the ground by about 3″ of soil plus some chunks of rock to prop it up. It was pretty unsightly and left a lot to be desired. So…we got to work installing a new mailbox and post of our own.

We dug the hole about 3 feet down using an old shovel. Along the way we found the remnants (chunks of concrete) of previous mailboxes, we assume. We managed to dig around most of them and get a hole that the post would go into. Using 2 garden stakes and some twine, we managed to brace the post. Then we poured in no-mix quick-crete. Add water, wait, and you’ve got a solidly mounted mailbox.

Anyways, take a look at the pictures. They should explain it all.

Note: This is a super-jumbo mailbox with almost enough room to hold Dotty. As our neighbor Rai put it, “Are you guys expecting midgets in the mail or something?” ;)


side view

see the old one in the background?