Hi,
I'll second that Colin....don't you dare give up
@alp !
Quite often new gardeners are told to select one part of the garden at a time to work on so that it's not too daunting, may be that's the way to go. Or have a gravel garden that's easier to keep.
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Excellent advice Sheal and I for one fully endorse it.
I never ever thought I'd even attempt to dig our rear garden over because it's so steep and full of roots and stones; at one time I considered buying an Howard rotavator but friends who use one of these rotavators on their allotment convinced me it would be too dangerous; the roots too would overpower it.
Over the last few weeks though I've done exactly as advised to you alp by Sheal and I started in one bottom corner digging by spade the old fashioned way; I went through roots pulling these out as digging proceeded also stones were cast aside; after the first hours graft I was hot but I could see some progress; spurred on by this I started to increase the area already dug over; in all it must have taken at least a month involving removing a long hedge and digging up the stumps and roots but I kept at it some days digging for an hour other days digging for two hours but now I'm finally on top of the digging only being beaten by our dire climate. Many days I was frozen by the cold weather; I was rained and hailed on also Gale kept trying her best to blow me over but I'm stubborn and won through.
Bron has kindly bought me a new Hyundai rotavator for Christmas and now the roots; stones and other assorted debris has been cleared and a lot of the garden dug to about 6" deep I'm looking forward to playing with the rotavator next year.
Cover your arms; legs and hands alp and show the nettles who is boss; nettles pull out easily but heavy gloves are needed; I always have a dozen pair of rigger gloves in stock and these gloves are perfect for such work. How big is the area you want to clear alp? I think though such a job is now best left until next springtime? Good luck.
Kind regards, Colin.
