California Gardening: Disappointing Sunflowers, 0 by snorkelpop

snorkelpop wrote:
Now I know that I can do it. I didn't before. My project is to remove the first two feet, move it to a nearby concrete pad, and then bring it up to the desired standard by mixing it with store-bought compost, Vermiculite, fertilizer,etc. It's a project that I was really dreading, but when I started using a garden fork instead of a shovel, I realized that I could do it. If I had stuck with a shovel, the results could easily have been different. Sure, it can be done with a shovel, but could I do it? That's the question. Fortunately, thanks to the garden fork, I no longer need the answer. Here's a picture of the fork and the work I was able to do with it. I'd say that it took me less than half an hour to do the entire plot. Now I'm going back to do the removal of the first layer. No need to kill myself, so I might stretch the complete job out over two or three days.