I was facing the prospect of digging around 400 square metres of garden by hand (4000+ square feet). I tackled it last year, pulling up weeds and digging it over enough to plant some veg, but it seemed like an awful lot of work.
So, I started eying cultivators, but a decent one is $800 new. That's an awful lot of vegetables.
But last week someone on a rural property advertised one for $200, which was an absolute bargain. I snapped it up with barely a second thought, and I reckon it took me less than an hour to plough/plow the whole back garden. I'm taking up pavers on the few remaining areas so I can turn the whole area into one modestly-sized field.
I also planted 2 mulburry trees, 3 fig trees, two mango trees, two loquat trees and four banana palms, mostly around the edges. They're all waist-high, grown from cuttings, and even though they're a bit close together I'll just keep them pruned and mulch the branches.
It's late winter here, so I'm getting ready to plant out a load of veg. Still growing my seedlings while the weather is cold.
