I have to use a shovel as a fork doesn't work too well breaking some of the larger roots and age and arthritis make it easier to just cut them with the shovel. Sometimes down nearest the pecan tree I have to use a pickax and an ax and that can happen in just 5 or 6 months. The trees that give me the worst problems with roots are pecans and live oaks. Speaking of turning beds with a shovel I am just taking a break from doing that this morning and won't have to do it again until my onions and Brussels sprouts have to come out. Thank goodness my old back needs a long break. I've still got to add some fertilizer, bark, peat, cottonseed meal, compost, and a touch of chicken that will be worked in the top few inches with my Mantil tiller.
The weather stations say we could be in for some severe weather starting tonight so I am glad to get that out of the way.
Bill
|