"Ignoramus20984" wrote in message
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I would like to make a garden where previously there was lawn. Using a
shovel is just too hard and I know will ruin my shoes. So I would like
to rent a tiller and use it, but I am not sure if it can do the job on
the land than never was tilled and has thick lawn grass.

Any ideas, can I expect to rent something useable?


In our cold climate, we cut the grass very short, put layers of wet
newspaper, and mulch on top during fall. The next spring, the grass,
root and newspaper turns into compost (not really, but the remains
won't hurt flowers).