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That Ol’ Rototiller of Mine

My neighbour Dave and I both love gardening. We have large garden plots just over the escarpment from Toronto in the Halton Hills area. Come spring, summer and fall, it’s time to clean and rototill the garden. We love our rototiller almost as much as the garlic we plant each fall. Next year’s crop of cloves can still go in the soil, as long as the ground is workable. Late October to early November usually works.

In the early 1980s, I rented a rototiller from Mike, the owner of the local

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