If you don’t have a compaction layer that needs breaking up, I wouldn’t dig there at all. It’s counterproductive.
Just add lots of organic matter to it, whatever you can find, leave it be and keep it mulched over the growing season to protect the soil.
JimmyB@mas.to
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