Allan: When Bruce was in Toronto a few years ago, he said that he had a 14hp tiller....i think Goldini. Hats off to you for your noble intent of ultimate hand-work, beast-work only. I guess it's a matter of scale and individual assessment of circumstance to provide nourishment and education to the greatest number of receptive people as possible.... while covering one's costs in this trifold world disorder..... until we model the alternative with an adequate number of significant other beings. ....manfred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:18 PM Subject: Re: Tillers
> >I sure am curious why you are happy to have a break from the spader. I've > >only had one for this season, but am glad not to be tillering. > >Unless you need the walking tiller for small areas, you could pick up a > >new/used pto tiller for less $ than the walkbehind. > >I have used the pto tiller for skimming a large sod surface before mulching, > >because of the easier shallow-depth control/cut of the tiller. > > It's probably a personal problem, but I was not getting the depth of > fracture that I expected from a spader. The tiller won't do better, > of course, but I think it will do as well. By the time we come to > actually creating soil structure, I expect to be off the tiller and > back onto the hand tools. As Bruce Blevins used to say 'The only > excuse for bringing petro into a BD garden is to find a way to get it > out and keep it out.' In otherwords, start with power but evolve to > handtools >
