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It's kind of like a digging fork, except it's much wider, with tines every 4 inches. The two handles on either side are tall and rather then bending over and lifting with your back and arms like you would a digging fork, you simply step into the crossbar and move it back and forth in one motion...

Sedum is a great plant (if it fits with your design). It can survive drought with it's cacti-like leaves.

WOW! I finally ordered a broadfork from Johnny's. It's 30 inches wide!!! That can turn a bed in 30 minutes. Can't wait till it gets here this week (it wasn't cheap).

That's great! On a related note, can we advocate that this site become an Organic one? Meaning, if folks are going to advocate in the threads the use of herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, etc., is it really a Green and Eco-Friendly site? I'm sorry, I know I'm ranting again, I just don't...

No personal offense DirtDoctor, but I must add that I am an Organic gardener, I work with Organic farming and i would NEVER use Round Up or other herbicides on my food, especially when the veggies I grow in this garden feed me and my family, and I have free-range chickens and turkeys that run...

Burning may work in certain areas, but it wouldn't be possible at my place due to the conditions here. I wanted to report back on my progress with the Canadian thistle that cover nearly every inch of my 1/8-acre garden last year and starting this year... Especially since I garden organically...

My friend's mom has "harvested" dandelions for several years from their yard (a farm) and now she laments that she can't find any anymore for her salads, fried blossoms, dandelion wine etc. They're all GONE. So... with that in mind....

I recently read that pigs can be great for certain orchard pests. I think because they eat the larva and grubs from the ground that later hatch in the tree. They put the pigs in the orchard at certain intervals to make sure they got all those pests (I don't think the pigs were there all the...

How about plums? They're easy to grow...

Just wanted to say that I borrowed a broadfork this week and it was amazing how fast I was able to prepare my garden beds -- with minimal effort. It's a great tool and I am now singing its praises (the broadfork)...

I really have to develop that friendship with a welder... and carpenter... and computer tech guy...:lol:

Anyone know where to get a Broadfork? The 24-36" wide kind? The ones I've seen are super expensive.

I think I'll try part in carpet, part in cardboard/newspaper, part I will mow regularly when small, and I'll keep you posted on what happens. Or, perhaps I can find 4' strips of carpet and plant my rows in between. It will be an experimental plot. I was thinking about putting a turkey pen inside...

Patandchickens, I was considering tilling as a helpful measure, so I'm glad to hear that's not the way to go. In fact, I think the problem got much worse 2 years ago when a farmer tilled it for me -- I think it cut up the thistle roots and threw them everywhere. I am heavily involved in...

HELP! - I have a wall-to-wall thistle patch where the garden used to be. Last year, I must have pulled out by hand literally half a million thistle plants until I finally gave up in August because it was too overwhelming to do by hand. I have to garden organically (without any chemicals) and I...