Garden Tillers

[albert w]

She ain't delicate but she gets the job done!

 

[TheChickMan]

We recieved about an inch and a half of rain over the weekend and the ground is as hard as concrete. I walked on the ground the day after it rained and it felt like a gravel road. Then walked about 20 feet to a tilled 30 acre field that was in soybeans last year and sunk about 6 inches into the ground. I'm havin my brother in law come till it with his jd 2305 and roto tiller so the seeds have atleast a fighting chance.

 

[Royd]

I just use a potatoe fork and a high quailty manure fork to turn over about 1700 sf of garden, every year....I can remove the roots of runner grass, rather than just chopping it up and increasing it. Plus, with the manure fork, I can loosen the soil to about 14". Not possible with a regular tiller.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Yep a good fork can come in handy. I haven't tried one these broadforks, but a lot of folks say they they are really handy for working the soil fairly deep.

 

[Beekissed]

We use permanent hills/pathways, so this little tiller is perfect for tilling in any soil amendments we want to use at the beginning of our gardening season. It is narrow enough and small enough to ride right on top of our raised beds and can be set deep or shallow. Powerful, easy to start, lightweight enough for old women to use without killing ourselves.

 

[TheChickMan]

I bit the bullet and went manual. I went through the whole garden with a pitchfork, then followed through with a hoe to bust up the chunks, after that smoothed it out with a garden rake. The radishes are all that are coming up now but are looking good.

 

[TheChickMan]

Time to resurrect this thread. What is everyone using this year? I'm sticking with a jd2305 and 48 " pull behind tiller. What about you. Pics appreciated

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Are we gardening already? There's still snow on the ground.

 

[oldrooster]

Are we gardening already? There's still snow on the ground.

perhaps they are in the deep south like Florida or Arizona.... But it's close enough for people to get seed catalogs so people could plan and start seeds before tilling up soil, I always was told to plant potatoes on Good Friday......

 

[TheChickMan]

Nope Missouri, but I just received all my guerneys seeds and I love turning dirt so I kickstarted this thread again.