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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> We made a decision that the rototiller will be used to shorten time  
> and
> effort on new and old garden beds. Next year we can turn them with  
> a shovel
> again.

I forgot to mention, when James wrote of digging, that I prefer using  
a digging fork--some call it a potato fork--the kind that has four  
heavy tines and typically a D handle. It goes in easier and lifts  
easier than a shovel, and integrates plant matter better. Of course,  
you of the younger backs set care little about effort, right? I also  
feel a fork treats the soil community with greater respect.