I love the idea of not turning, or tilling the soil. Unfortunately, I have 2 live trees, maybe 20 feet or so from my garden area. With that, I get live roots invading my garden plots. Some get to be rather large in size, so I feel compelled to yank out as many of them as I can, which means turning the soil. I'm always amazed at all the gardening videos I see, your included that don't seem to have any tree roots to deal with. Short of cutting down the trees (one of which is in my neighbor's yard) do you have any advice on an easier way to deal with tree roots?
I love the idea of not turning, or tilling the soil. Unfortunately, I have 2 live trees, maybe 20 feet or so from my garden area. With that, I get live roots invading my garden plots. Some get to be rather large in size, so I feel compelled to yank out as many of them as I can, which means turning the soil. I'm always amazed at all the gardening videos I see, your included that don't seem to have any tree roots to deal with. Short of cutting down the trees (one of which is in my neighbor's yard) do you have any advice on an easier way to deal with tree roots?