Mike Lyle wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Pam Moore wrote:
Could you get someone in with a rotovator to break it up for you
initially?

...or possibly just buy one. There are some reasonable ones on
flea-bay at the mo.

Anybody who finds digging a bit of a strain would be unwise to start
using a rotavator (how _do_ they spell that thing?).

You don't have to bend down! It's better if you get one that drives
via the wheels. A small one is excellent for patch cultivation, or
running up and down rows. I'm spoiled by having a Howard "350", but
that would be excessive for a very small garden.

Anyhow, my
impression is that the OP was talking about routine cultivation in an
ordinary garden, rather than starting from scratch -- I could be
wrong, of course -- so digging isn't necesary at all.

I don't know, he seemed to be talking about digging - "Planting is ok,
but working the soil is too much.". P'raps he'll elucidate.