Three and a half hours later and I decided to start to rotovate. There were still a few piles of soil, weeds and roots to clear but I only had the machine for a couple more hours.
What an amazing machine! I takes some getting used to but once you realise not to fight it it works really well. I hadn't realised in the morning how efficient it was an before I knew it I had turned over most of the ground. I stuck with it right through until the hire van arrived and took it away. By the end I had covered the whole plot (minus the bits with weed piles still on) to about 6" depth of fine tilth. Near perfection!!
So that was it I stood back and marveled at a days work. My back was aching really bad from stooping over the machine and my hands had blisters from clearing weeds earlier. I raked over a section to see what it was like then packed up and went home. Time will tell if the rotovator was the right idea as there are still many small weed roots in the soil. At least its easily workable soil and what is left of the roots can be raked up eaily. I may even trand and coarsly sieve areas where I plan to plant root vegentable. Anywau I'll try and finish the clearing over the next couple of days and then get the crops in but right now its time for a rest....
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