Hi, my University of Delaware soil test results indicate a high pH (7.9). The advice given is to till in sulfur. Are there any none-tilling options for lowering pH? I'm willing to disturb the soil if that's what's necessary to fix the pH. But I can't afford to rent or buy a tiller and I don't think digging with a shovel is a viable option. I'm trying to make an in-ground vegetable garden from my compacted clay lawn that has never been tilled. It's been sheet-mulched with cardboard and woodchips for a year, which has resulted in a big improvement in the top few inches of soil. But below that it's heavy clay. In some spots it's so rock-hard that I can't even get a sharp shovel into the clay when jumping on the shovel. There's also a lot of willow roots near the surface of the soil, from a very large willow tree on the other side of the yard. So overall, hand-shoveling the 1000-2000 square feet I'm hoping to turn into garden space, would likely take more strength and time than I have available. I could maybe borrow a broadfork from the tool library but I don't know how/whether a broadfork can be used to incorporate sulphur into the soil. I've never used one, but it doesn't look like it really turns over or mixes things into the soil, just lifts it up a bit. Would there be any use in adding powdered elemental sulfur on top of the soil (maybe covered with compost or woodchips) without digging/tilling it into the soil? Would using ammonium sulfate as my choice of nitrogen fertilizer help lower the pH at all? Also, is there anything that will help achieve pH changes this growing season? From what I've read, elemental sulfur takes 6+ months to be converted to a usable form. So I might not see pH improvements till next year even if I did till in sulfur. Thanks for your help, I appreciate any advice you can give.