ROTOTILLER, that's the name, that will take your troubles, down the drain!

[logisticslad]

My good friends D&E came by yesterday morning in order to work on my disaster of a back yard. We rented a rototiller and they used it to completely turn over the dirt. Then they smoothed it out with some new topsoil and fertilizer and we seeded with new grass. It is my fond hope that I will soon have a flat yard of grass, rather than a bumpy yard of weeds (that was too hilly to mow). Plus, the neighbors confirmed that they are going to have the huge overhanging pine tree removed soon, and that will make a huge difference to the health of the yard. So a few minutes after we went in, a flock of birds swooped down and started pecking. They left after half an hour and didn't return. We couldn't tell whether they were after the grass seed or all of the bugs that had been turned up by the tilling. Does anyone know whether birds eat grass seed? E. thought that if that was what they were after, then the fertizer would make them sick. Although, when I looked outside this morning, I saw some more.