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Recent Examples of rototill
An extreme solution, which has worked, is to kill your lawn, rototill it, and move all the soil around.
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oregonlive, 13 May 2023
Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
In May, tell readers to rototill their gardens.
—New York Times, 28 July 2021
Run them through the mower to shred them, then spread up to 1 inch of the shredded leaves over the garden and rototill them into the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches.
—Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
Make a small row, drill holes, but do not rototill.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Gardeners don’t rototill except when building a garden.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020
More destroy soil structure in the name of gardening by rototilling, irrevocably alter natural habitats by planting invasive plants and greatly change local and even regional biomes in the process.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2019
oregonlive, 13 May 2023
Mix into the top few inches using a hand trowel; do not rototill.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
In May, tell readers to rototill their gardens.
—New York Times, 28 July 2021
Run them through the mower to shred them, then spread up to 1 inch of the shredded leaves over the garden and rototill them into the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches.
—Neil Sperry Down To Earth, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
Make a small row, drill holes, but do not rototill.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Gardeners don’t rototill except when building a garden.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
Instead of rototilling, make seed-size holes with a pencil or drag a stick down a bed to make inch-wide furrows for planting in rows.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2020
More destroy soil structure in the name of gardening by rototilling, irrevocably alter natural habitats by planting invasive plants and greatly change local and even regional biomes in the process.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rototill
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Trashing Yard Waste Every fall, gardeners and homeowners head out into their yards to rake their lawns and pile autumn leaves in trash bags on the curb.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2025
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Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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The directors branch is notoriously snobby, which will be a tough row to hoe for Wicked’s Jon M. Chu, who got his start directing films in the Step Up and G.I. Joe franchises.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
23 Nov. 2024
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Slowly, the trail widened with signs of civilization: hoed rows of plantings, waxy horses.—
Kayla Aletha Welch,
Longreads,
19 Nov. 2024
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The research fellow who met me, Birte, was in her forties, and appeared as if she had been harrowed by her work.—
John Ganz,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
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Plus, Shin Ha-young is given little to do in the second half of the series despite her effortless shift from warm third wheel to harrowed and weary abuse victim.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2023
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One of her duets with co-star Cynthia Erivo lives on four different rankings in the country, but not the Official Physical Singles list this time around.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Peak Popularity: This name first appeared on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) top 1,000 baby boy names list in 1995 as the 964th most popular one.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Rototill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rototill. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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