Re: Small Tillers

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• To: v*@eskimo.com
• Subject: Re: Small Tillers
• From: J* <j*@bellsouth.net>
• Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 09:21:57 -0400
• Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 06:19:59 -0700
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Hi:

Actually a raised bed is what I am doing for now.  Although, we have many
plants growing all around our yard, I guess they just don't have the
nutrition requirements that veggies do.  Even the local nursery told me to
do that.

Jill

At 10:52 PM 8/18/98 +1200, you wrote:
>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
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