LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


The
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Frank L.
Fernandez,
Jonathan M. Gottsegen and Rita L. Fadell, the undersigned's
true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or
director of The Home Depot,
Inc. (the "Company"), reports on Form 3, Form
4 and Form 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and
all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute
any such report on Form 3, Form 4 or
Form 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)	take any other action
of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of either such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents
executed by each such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as each such
attorney-in-fact may approve in each
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to
each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming
all that each such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully
do or cause to be done
by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or liabilities that may

arise under, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file reports on Form 3, Form 4 and

Form 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 30th day of January,
2006.



/s/
Laban P. Jackson

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Laban P.
Jackson

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