Jill Jones wrote: >I NEED to use a small tiller to carve out some garden space in my rock hard >GA clay soil! It's like petrified wood! I want to dig in compost by the >boat loads and only a tiller will do this. (snip) Hi Jill, I don't want to put you off buying a tiller (God knows I love my old Briggs and Stratton) but have you considered just building a raised bed of good compost on top of the clay? Essentually you are talking about digging a hole in the clay which could turn into a water sump when it rains. Regards Ian Gill