Can I turn a lawn into a gardening plot by spring?

[applestar]

Here's one link:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=126054#126054
(You don't have to read the rest of the thread unless you're interested. That was a little heavy on the technical discussion, but I happened to contribute a fairly detailed description of my garden prep among the chatter.)

See also:
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22797

And
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21761

I think some crops do better first year than others. They're called "Pioneer" crops. Both regular and sweet potatoes, corn, sunflowers, tomatoes and peppers, peas and beans, and pumpkins and squash.... to name a few. . Oh! I do believe I can add cotton to the list after my experience this past year.

I'll just repeat that I didn't dig. Will you get better results if you double dig? Possibly. Will I ever in the future? Not likely.

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ETA: OK found one more in an older thread
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=59387#59387

[garden5]

Those threads Apps gave are great.

However, I think if you want a garden and you don't have extremely hard or rock soil....you can just disk off the sod, till it up, and plant.

Sure, the methods everyone else gave are better, but if you just want to make sure you can at least get a garden started, you can do this.

Now, doing this, you probably won't have the best garden ever the first year...but you will have plenty of time once it's established to build up your soil.