"Chris" ] wrote in message
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A possible good way of digging?

(As long as the soil is light enough.)

Push spade fully into earth.
Push it forward, letting topsoil fall into the space created behind the
spade.
Repeat.

This assumes the ground is not weedy.
It keeps the micro-organisms at the appropriate levels.
It deepens the fertility of the soil.

Silly or sensible?
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Chris

I love the way you say "letting topsoil fall into the space created behind
the spade". In my garden if you put a spade in you have trouble getting it
out again. :-)

My wife has been reading up about no-dig gardening. It involves piling more
compost on the top each year and letting the worms do the digging. Seemed to
work this year :-)