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Originally Posted by aquachimp
On Mar 15, 6:03*pm, Rusty_Hinge
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On Mar 15, 1:38*pm, Chris ] wrote:
How do you get a fine tilth?
I'm having trouble!
Dry clods on top; sticky stuff below.
Need a tilth to sow parsnips and carrots.
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Chris
Wha's a "clod"
If tha doon't kna, 'appen tha is?
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Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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My father - God rest his soul - had an old border fork with the tines bent at rightangles half way along their length. To prepare a seed bed he would walk along the line of it lightly 'hoing' the soil with the fork to about 2 - 3 inches deep. As he walked forward he trod on the area he had just loosened. He then raked this surface and ended up with a beautiful tilth. It worked on clay as well. I have wondered if a rake would do the same job, but I think that the fork being heavier would penetrate the soil just a little bit deeper.
Bigal