The best tillers on the other hand are bigger and meatier ... "Aerators, you can get a manual one for, say, $40 or a high-end gas-powered core aerator for $2,000+ but that probably goes a bit ...

With all the tools and methods to choose from, it's understandable that you might have overlooked using a front-tine tiller to get rid ... to manually tilling or hand-pulling weeds.