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Rotatiller use
roses25
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Does anyone here use a rotatiller to till their ground? Is it hard to do? I need to till our ground up before I plant seed or put sod down. The dirt is sand like, and it has been scooped up and moved around quite a bit to level it out. However there are some pretty hard spots. It's a pretty good sized back yard. I've never tilled before. I haven't found anyone willing to do it for me. There seems to be no interest at all. So I'm trying to decide if I can do it myself or if I need to look harder for someone else to do it.
Carolyn
Carolyn
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TTC #2: since June 2016...
Tilling is pretty easy to do. My hands go numb to when I do it. If your soil is particularly hard you could till after a good rain.
Carolyn
- raised beds diy
- square foot gardening
- container gardening
You can be as complex or as simple as you want. We put cardboard down as a weed barrier. Then added simple cedar boxes and filled those with garden soil. We put down bark in the pathways between the boxes. Next was to divide the boxes into 1 ft squares and plant.
The final phase will be to pull up the rest of the grass. Then plant native wildflowers and plants. Also I want to install a drip irrigation system from box to box.
I wanted a landscape that would inspire Thomas and I to be outside. Digging in the dirt, watering flowers, chasing butterflies, filling a bug waterer... these activities will provide us more fun than mowing.
But honestly, the easiest raised garden bed (and cheapest) is cinderblocks. I also love planting wild flowers in the holes of the blocks. Cinderblocks are also easy to paint which could be a project for kids...
TTC from 06/2015...Baby M born 11/24/16!
I'm going to start a separate thread with more on this topic.