Awkward sods…

…and how to deal with them!
Yesterday I removed a grassed border from the veg patch:
more useful as extra growing area.
The extremely solid old turf (in bucket) was a challenge:
how to get the soil out of it?
I resorted to a method used a lot in my early days here:
bash it up in the electric mixer!
Processed sods in one barrow;
reclaimed soil in the other,
just needing a quick sift to remove
loose grass stems.