Awl --
First, I'm not totally sure on how to do it the RIGHT way -- I've read vigorous debates on using concrete vs. sand and gravel only. Holmes did a fence job, used concrete.
Then the Q of the diameter of the hole, the depth, visavis expected wind load, etc. The typical stockade fencing has no gaps for wind diffusion!
An *easier* way -- but debatably better, esp. from an aethetics pov -- is to put a minimal footing down -- mebbe a piece of rebar struck a foot down -- and then tether the TOP of the fence to some firm structure: house, tree, wall, etc. This eliminates virtually all bending-type forces, assuming the top tether is strong/rigid enough.
Or, just put that angle ditty from midway on the fence, to the ground a foot out from the fence? And the Q is, what footing is used for this method?
Here's another scenario: Putting tall fences on the inside of a wall, in the traditional way, will allow a wind to exert large crowbar-like forces on the wall , increasing odds of cracking, crumbling, or toppling. Tethering at the top would eliminate this crowbar effect.
Any thoughts, opinions, experiences?