I'm finding that preparing the soil is a huge job... much harder than I expected. Removing the rocks is the worst
I don't remember the name of the tool we used, but we needed it in our attempt to remove rocks. There were two or three we could not remove, so we left them there, I painted them and planted flowers around them.
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Never used this, but went through a ton of Miracle Grow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdvs0OThLZc
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This is very hard work. Been there, done that. It was then that I started noticing all of the farmer's markets in the area. I was never a prepper.
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