Getting Ready For Spring; The First Tilling

Saturday was warm enough and the dirt was soft enough to give the garden the first tilling. The first tilling mixes in the straw, leaves and household scraps that were deposited during the fall and winter and will give it about two months to rot away before the second tilling.

I have a Mantis tiller and I hate it. It is as hard as can be to start and is very unreliable. The only reason I tolerate it is because it was given to me for free by someone else who could not stand it. It is not only me who has this issue as the web is full of postings by others with similar problems. One of these days Sears will have a good sale and I'll replace it with a Craftsman.