Shoes in Santa Fe, NM

I have and use a lawn coring aerator. Maybe the Denver Tool Library has one? If not, that would be a good addition imo. I'm in SE Denver. If you want you can borrow it (but please I'll need it back). http://www.yardbutlerstore.com/product/lawn-coring-aerator/

Hmmm, Manroot...an epic food producer. I have not grown this plant. Man root, bush morning glory (Ipomoea leptophylla) is also commonly known as bush moonflower, man of the earth, big-root morning-glory and tumbleweed morning glory (the top of the plant may break off and blow in the wind). A deciduous perennial, it is native to Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. It grows in sandy or gravelly soils on prairies, sandhills prairie, plains, meadows, pastures, savannahs, roadsides and dunes; however, it is adaptable well drained to garden soils. In cultivation if planted in clay, be sure that the be sure that water does not stand in the area in winter because the root may rot. Bush morning glory has an erect to decumbent habit with stems that are bushy, branching and glabrous. It is 1.5 to 4 feet tall with it typically being 3 feet (90 cm) tall and wide. The willow-like, short-stalked, entire leaf blades are linear to narrowly lanceolate. They are glabrous, 2 to 6 inches long, less than 1/3 inch wide and have tips tapering to points. Bush morning glory is related to the sweet potato. It has a large, edible up to 4 feet long, up to 1 foot in diameter taproot that can weigh 20 to 40 lbs. The taproot is bitter when raw. The root is very cold hardy and bush morning glory is very drought-tolerant due to its large root system. The lateral roots can branch out 10 to15 feet. However, this makes the plant difficult to transplant. Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Koways roast it as a food source food when pressed by hunger in emergency situations; however, it is not very palatable nor very nutritious. The roots can be baked, boiled or roasted. From May through August, clusters of 1 to 3 blooms that are funnel-shaped and 2 to 3.5 inches long appear on 3 to 4 inches long stalks in leaf axils. The blooms are pinkish-lavender, purplish-red, lilac or pink with dark throats and have 5 stamen. The fruit are in the form of egg-shaped, long-pointed, smooth capsules that contain 1 to 4 densely hairy, brown seeds. Sow the seeds in spring after chipping and then soaking for 6 to 8 hours in water. Sow seeds about 6 mm deep in a peaty seed sowing mix. Ipomoea leptophylla seeds will usually germinate in 5 to 21 days. Read more:http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/32008/#ixzz3UhfIC4Ut

Cool, good source. http://www.plantsofthesouthwest.com/Bush-Morning-Glorybri-Ipomoea-leptophylla/productinfo/P1961/

Evi Klett The Denver Tool Library has a lawn coring aerator for loan. They open for business April 4. Unfortunately they don't have a broad fork to loan though it is on their wish list.

I have one of these broadforks and it's amazing: https://meadowcreature.com/broadforks