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Recent Examples of rototillAn extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.—oregonlive, 13 May 2023 Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023 In May, tell readers to rototill their gardens.—New York Times, 28 July 2021 Run them through the mower to shred them, then spread up to 1 inch of the shredded leaves over the garden and rototill them into the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches.—Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021 Make a small row, drill holes, but do not rototill.—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022 Gardeners don’t rototill except when building a garden.—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022 Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows.—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020 More destroy soil structure in the name of gardening by rototilling, irrevocably alter natural habitats by planting invasive plants and greatly change local and even regional biomes in the process.—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2019
Opposing hitters are raking at .380 at sea level, versus .332 in the shadow of those mountain peaks.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
When seeding bare areas or reseeding, cover the seed with a very thin layer of soil, approximately 1/8 inch thick, by gently raking the area after spreading seeds.
One person whose voice stuck out for Fields-Black was Minus Hamilton, an 88-year-old who was hoeing the rice fields at the time of the raid.
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Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
To stay on top of weeds, plan to hand-pull or hoe down weeds early in the season when their root systems are still small, and then spend a few minutes weeding each week.
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 June 2025
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Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2025
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