[Gabz]

My tiller hasn’t had much of a break since mid March since I’m slowly ridding the front yard of all turf and installing bushes, perennials, bulbs and hardscape.

LOL!!!!!

You sound like my husband. The more he can till up and devote to something other than "lawn" the happier he is because it means less mowing!

Before we moved here, where we have just under 2 acres, we lived in an end unit townhouse with a 150'x35' lot. Every spring he borrowed a tiller from a friend to add more to my timbered in garden spaces, to him it meant less worrying about meeting the city ordinances for mowing!!!!

[whatshotandwhatsnot]

LOL! Part of it is I just like tilling with the little Mantis. When I run out of yard, and it’s small, I’ll see if the neighbors have tilling needs.

Squirrels are my big problem here. The varmints dig up newly planted bulbs and chew shrubs. I saw one headed up to his nest with my peony that I had planted less than a hour earlier. I’ve tried mothballs, ammonia, fake owls-nothing has worked. Any tips or tricks on discouraging these furballs would be welcome.