You are going to have to till this with a machine. Before you do, sprinkle sand, mulch, old leaves, grass clippings, lime, old horsemanure, tree bark broken up some new soil and til.....we also save egg shells and break them up.......you might need more mulch....................we have a soil tester for ph.......................you can tell by feeling the soil after you tilled it twice if you need more mulch, hay.....