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April 1, 2013	#18
Dewayne mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 1,212	Feldon: When you say tilling further compacts the soil, are you talking about mechanized (rototill) tilling? Being a small urban gardener, I have small enough space to hand till with a pitch fork. I can't see how doing that would compact this soil? I like to do it once a year just to till in leaves, compost, etc. Not sure how that is a bad thing? Dewayne mater

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