@LarisaLee … I know exactly what you mean.
I do envy @Gkight who can plant fruit trees quickly with a shovel.
I always take a shovel with me but mostly use that for adding compost and wood chips.
A shovel is useless against my red rocky clay layer. I have to use a long handle heavy duty grubbing type hoe to do most of the digging.
The amount of rock I get out of most holes requires about half a wheelbarrow of compost to compensate for volume loss.
TNHunter
@TNHunter the amount of time you spend planting is what I spend having to water constantly. My soil holds zero water or organic material basically so I may be able to plant something in less than a few minutes but I more than make up the time in watering them over their lifetime.
@Gkight … well that makes me feel better 
In a good/normal year I hardly have to water at all.
A good layer of compost and wood chips helps just enough here.
TNHunter
I mulch about a foot thick, and hopefully it will get to a point I don’t have to. But may-September I have to water twice a day usually.