Good question.
Actually, the area I selected was an old cattle loading pen, that grew little grass. Previous owner put a lot of crushed concrete in there. It would have been difficult to work. In fact, that was one reason I chose that location...poor topsoil, mostly gravel anyways, finally it was close to a pretty good part of the driveway where the cattle trucks would load up.
Also, notice that the maple stakes are all crooked. Horrible to get them in straight!
dwight