So, I think we need to have a team of scientists come out and study the dirt in our backyard, as it is easily the hardest dirt I have ever encountered. Our shovels were literally bouncing off of the soil as we were attempting to dig it up and loosen it in order to plant the bushes, even with our full body weight on top of the shovels. I'm sure it doesn't help that we haven't had rain in 26 days and the sun has literally been baking the ground the whole time. We quickly had to admit that we were beat. We needed more power.
Abnormally hard dirt, meet your nemesis:
For a mere $42 we were able to rent that lovely gas-powered tiller from Home Depot. It still needed to be a little more powerful, but it got the job done faster than we would have without it. It did more "shaving" of the top layer of dirt than actually tilling it, which turned out to be a slower process than I anticipated. Wetting the soil seemed to help. Some.
Now we know better for the future--there is no such thing as "too much power", especially in a landscaping tool.Here I go, spreading mulch:
And the finished product:
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