\nFIRST, IT HAS TAKEN THREE WEEKS FOR US TO REMOVE THE TREES INCLUDING A 35 FOOT TALL YELLOW MAGNOLIA AND A LARGE WITCH HAZEL THAT I LOVED, BUT HAD TO GO.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \nThis part of our garden was pretty useless. Only weeds and invasive plants, and the dogs have pounded the soil into a dead pan playground. It will now be a new vegetable garden. Joe challenged me to see if it could chew up the running, invasive bamboo, plus a bed full of sting vines like bittersweet and wisteria ( I know, we were crazy!). The tiller did much better than I thought it would, but after about ten minutes the vines were just too much, and they wrapped around the tines. We had to cut them out carefully, which was tedious. Surely, one would not do this anyway – but I wanted to push it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nWITH THE LARGER TREES REMOVED, YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD THE SOIL IS. IF THIS ISN’T A TORTURE TEST, I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL BE. THIS IS WHAT A ROTOTILLER IS BEST FOR – ESTABLISHING A NEW GARDEN FROM ROCK-HARD SOIL. THEY ARE NOT GOOD FOR RAISED BEDS, OR WELL CONDITIONED SOIL.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n \n | |