protruding from the earth wooden column 24 is affixed to the proximal end of foundation column 26 and extends upwardly therefrom alternative embodiments of foundation column 26 are illustrated in fig3 6 as illustrated in fig3 one embodiment of foundation column 26 includes precast concrete column body 44 having a substantially consistent cross sectional area with anchor pin sleeve 46 positioned adjacent a distal end of precast concrete column body 44 and column bracket 34 positioned adjacent a proximal end of precast concrete column body 44 anchor pin sleeve 46 comprises a hollow cylindrical member sized to accommodate anchor pin 32 fig2 in one exemplary embodiment anchor pin sleeve 46 is a u215d u2033 inner diameter sleeve as illustrated in fig3 3 a 4 and 4 a as well as fig7 10 column bracket 34 is generally u shaped with depending arms 56 extending from base 54 depending arms 56 are substantially perpendicular to base 54 and are spaced whereby column 24 may be positioned intermediate depending arms 56 column bracket is formed of steel e g u215b u2033 to u00bd u2033 steel and can be formed in a variety of ways including e g creating a pair of substantially 90 u00b0 bends in a planar piece of stock material using a bending brake press or other suitable metal bending apparatus welding a pair of l shaped brackets one to the other or welding together three discrete pieces comprising the two depending arms 56 and base 54 of column bracket 34.