I'm not sure. I resize my photos for web use (for this forum I make them 600px wide and usually 400px high, that is your standard proportion for horizontal photos, without any cropping) and then I upload them to Photobucket. From there I copy the code (when you add photos there are several automatically generated code lines beneath the photo; I go for the straight HTML URL to the photo without any of the page code, and paste in the link using the Dirt Doctor page's buttons. I forget what this forum software is called (the BBCode stuff), but it isn't straight html.
Anyway, if you can work with your photos and make them web-worthy, then you're set (accidentally uploading an image that is 1,500 or 2,000px across, a size for making a photo print, will take up the whole monitor screen and then some). Photobucket has some editing features, and Picasa, the free photo management program from Google, also has some good photo sizing features. They are kind of simple, not like using PhotoShop, but they'll do the trick 99 times out of 100.
On the area you describe, and for the size of it, there might be a couple of "cheats" you could do that would help over time. Bring in good dirt and compost and build a raised bed there and plant in that. Over time, dig through the new soil into the harder soil below and mix them. Just a thought.
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