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power tiller: to get or not to get one
"Betsy" -0 wrote in message ...
I love my little Honda, which I bought after renting a Mantis several times and watching the fees add up fast. I've used it to turn sod into perennial beds. I've used it to dig holes for trees. I've used it to level a 50x30 foot patch of ground for raised beds. I used it to dig the holes into which I placed the supports for my trellises. I've looked at the Honda, it looks good for a small tiller, but will it turn over clay or just bounce on the surface? |
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power tiller: to get or not to get one
david wrote:
: "Betsy" -0 wrote in message ... : I love my little Honda, which I bought after renting a Mantis several times : and watching the fees add up fast. : : I've used it to turn sod into perennial beds. I've used it to dig holes for : trees. I've used it to level a 50x30 foot patch of ground for raised beds. : I used it to dig the holes into which I placed the supports for my : trellises. : I've looked at the Honda, it looks good for a small tiller, but will : it turn over clay or just bounce on the surface? A small tiller can tackle clay but you have to time it right. If the clay is hard and baked dry or wet and sticky, the time is not right ;-) I found when working on hard-packed soil that scraping a little trench first helps the tiller 'bite' and get started with less bouncing around. -- Karen The Garden Gate http://garden-gate.prairienet.org ================================================== ================= "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." ^and cats -- Cicero ================================================== ================= On the Web since 1994 Forbes Best of Web 2002 |
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power tiller: to get or not to get one
Oh, yeah, that's all I've got! I have the regular tines, but it can be
upgraded with "digging" tines. I haven't needed them as yet. "david" wrote in message m... "Betsy" -0 wrote in message ... I love my little Honda, which I bought after renting a Mantis several times and watching the fees add up fast. I've used it to turn sod into perennial beds. I've used it to dig holes for trees. I've used it to level a 50x30 foot patch of ground for raised beds. I used it to dig the holes into which I placed the supports for my trellises. I've looked at the Honda, it looks good for a small tiller, but will it turn over clay or just bounce on the surface? |
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