[Joe Wicked]

Thanks for the tip Steve. I will look into it. The weird part about the trees was that the front yard the soil was the same all the way down. It was dense, but I could dig it with a little effort. There was a lot of old vegetation in the clay, I attributed that to the fact that the land used to be a corn field and they plow the stocks in each year. The back yard was no vegetation in the clay and the first 2/3s was dense, but not too hard to dig. Then I hit the clay that Steve mentioned.

This weekend was nice and cool so it wasn't too bad. When I would get real hot and sweaty, I could take a break and cool off in about 15 min just by sitting down and getting a cold drink. I would not have attempted this if it wasn't for the rain we have been getting. The rain broke just long enough for me to get it done, and today it is raining again. I was supposed to mow the grass today when I got home, but I am not going to do it in the rain or just after the rain. I have a few spots of grass that have not yet fully come in, so it is muddy and I don't want to tear up the yard walking through it.