From: C G <"piper_chuck"@nospam,yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Using a rental TILLER to till lawn
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:38:22 GMT

Roundup is not a big deal, the active ingredient is salt.  Read the
directions and you will be fine.

Art Todesco wrote:
> 
> Be careful with chemicals.  Many poison the soil and will affect
> the garden grwoth for some time.  Be sure to read the labels.
> Also, I have used my 18" tiller to pull up grass for a garden
> area.  It will bounce  around but will get the job done.  BTW,
> it is an electric tiller (not one of those little units used to
> go around existing plants) and is a great unit, however, I
> haven't seen this in stores for 20 years.
> 
> C G wrote:
> > Ignoramus20984 wrote:
> >
> >>I would like to make a garden where previously there was lawn. Using a
> >>shovel is just too hard and I know will ruin my shoes. So I would like
> >>to rent a tiller and use it, but I am not sure if it can do the job on
> >>the land than never was tilled and has thick lawn grass.
> >>
> >>Any ideas, can I expect to rent something useable?
> >
> >
> > Spray the area with roundup about two weeks before tilling so you kill
> > off the grass.  Spray the areas you missed one week before.  The dead
> > grass and roots will enhance the soil.  Be sure not to do this when the
> > ground is saturated, and also do not do if the ground is bone dry.
> >
> > Chuck