‘If we throw nature out of the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork – Fukuoka
Using a broadfork for opening up the soil in your garden can have surprising results. I was inspired by some of the reading I was doing on the subject so I bought one (kind of expensive but well worth it). It certainly beats the clatter of a garden tiller and is great exercise as well. The one I purchased weighs in at about 15 pounds. The basic use of this fork is to drive it into the earth for the length of the forks. You do this by standing on the top of the blades and working them into the ground. You then dismount and pull the handles tilting it about 30 degrees. The plus side of broadfork use far outnumber the rototiller, weed seeds are not turned under so you have a lot less weeding, soil life including worms and beneficial bacteria are not destroyed or disturbed and it aerates the soil deeply.
Starting a new adventure, not of my own making, but an adventure none-the-less. I will be profiling this adventure as I go along. Making my way on a lot less cash and hoping to discover some new and healthier ways to survive.
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