Rotatiller use
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...
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My wife rotatills (is that even a word?) her mom's garden. She said the worst part is her hands going numb from the vibrations. For reference- my wife is short (5 feet) and not particularly strong...
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You could also consider raised beds. We use the square foot garden method (ish) and get huge yields.
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If you are open to not having a grass yard I agree about raised beds. If I had my whole yard as a blank slate to start from scratch the last thing I would do would be to put down grass
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LOL! I did not even catch that this was for planting GRASS seed (or sod). Whoops! But yes, like Shanny said, I also would be the crazy neighbor who didn't have grass but instead grew tasty food in...
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Ha ha ha. My front yard is now sporting 8 raised beds. I'm now converting what's left of the grassy areas into flower beds for native plants.Tilling is pretty easy to do. My hands go numb to when I...
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Does anyone have a good site on how to do raised beds? I'm really open to suggestions.Carolyn
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I encourage you to search the following in Google and Pinterest;- raised beds diy- square foot gardening- container gardeningYou can be as complex or as simple as you want. We put cardboard down as a...
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I thought this was pretty simple: http://thepioneerwoman.com/homeandgarde … table-bed/ But honestly, the easiest raised garden bed (and cheapest) is cinderblocks. I also love planting wild flowers in...
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I've never thought of cinder blocks!I'm going to start a separate thread with more on this topic.
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We did ours with cinder blocks. And by we, I mean that I did all of the work. I think it was worth it, but let me just say, if you are DIY, be prepared for a major workout. Those blocks are HEAVY. I...
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