Landscaping lights

So the last several years I’ve messed with solar landscaping lights and every spring it’s a CF... replace stakes replace batteries (that aren’t cheap) and they aren’t near as bright as they should be. Expensive solar lights can go 10 lumens.... this year since the pole shed went up last summer I invested in all steel low voltage fixtures. While the burying of wire was labor intensive and a pain in the ass and the fixtures were considerably more expensive than their solar counterparts, I’m thrilled with the results and knock on wood, I will never have to mess with landscaping lights again. Further, for our Christmas display I need only turn these off not remove every light as was the case with solar lights.

Looks very nice.

We did that in a prior house. As you say, lots of digging and hard work.
The step down transformer had a built in timer so we controlled when they turned on/off.

Yours looks great and worth the extra effort.

Would renting a trencher have helped?

ShadowsDad In hindsight I would have rented one yes.... live and learn. One of those projects that started with “this won't be hard” and culminated with swear words and sore muscles

BTDT with similar things myself. There have been times I wish I could have used a trencher (if that's what they're called) but our soil is just too rocky. When we have something like that to be done it's basically call in a backhoe and be prepared to hit & move lots of rocks. I try to never dig. A small digging job can turn into a massive project in minutes.