"ruth todd" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of buying a Mantis Tiller to make gardening a little
easier,
has anyone got one of these? I would be very grateful for any comments
good
or bad, that you could pass on to me.

Thanks in anticipation.

Ruth


It really depends what you want to use it for. I have one for the veg plot
and it is fine for breaking up soil and preparing for seeds/seedlings.
However it doesn't work as well on new ground which has been grassed. The
grass gets wrapped round the blades and is a pain to get it off. I also
have a larger rotovator (too big for me to handle) but a friend rotavated a
new section (previously grassed) with it. A couple of months later I went
over it again with the mantis when all the weeds were coming up and I had no
problems at all.

There are a number of attachments. I am tempted by the one which is
supposed to create a furrow and earth up potatoes - but not entirely
convinced. There is also I believe an attachment to enable you to go round
plants to weed. Not convinced by this one though - not sure you can maintain
the control of it to avoid chopping through your plants.

Jeanne Stockdale