As of right now the only manure I have access to is chicken manure. So I took a couple of wheelbarrow loads of chicken manure to the garden, then tilled it in. Once the manure was worked into the soil, I made rows up around the plants. Hopefully, tilling the soil with the manure will not hurt...

Just in case some of you have never seen a tiller in action, here are some still pictures from the fall garden of 2006. This is a yard machines front tine tiller. The gas tank holds about a half a gallon, which gives several hours of run time. Usually the motor will crank with just a couple...