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  • From: "Woodyou" <woodyou AT hiwaay.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] small tillers vs hoe
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 16:57:57 -0500

Marie, regarding the Mantis, Sheila and I are on our second Mantis. We
absolutely love it. In fact, when the engine wore out on the first one, we
hung it in our garden shed and will likely get a new engine for it and give
it to one of our kids who enjoys gardening.
The first one lasted us 8 years. It is great for just scratching the ground
to break sod loose, or for tilling shallow to break spring weeds loose, or
for tilling deep. Sheila is able to operate it easily even with significant
arthritis problems, and she is unable to operate our big rear tine tiller. I
definitely still use the big rear tine tiller for heavy tilling.
Being born/raised on a farm near Rolla, MO, I'm confident you have plenty of
rocks. A rock will make the Mantis jump, but not enough to cause us a
problem (although we have fewer rocks here in N Alabama).
A friend has a knock-off Mantis (some other brand made similar to our
Mantis) and he does not like it at all, but he used our Mantis one time and
really likes it. I've never used any 'toy tiller' except our Mantis', so
cannot compare.
Hank
Oleo Acres / it's just a low priced spread
Huntsville AL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marie Kamphefner" <kampy AT grm.net>
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:50 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] small tillers vs hoe


>
>
> Regards to the list:
>
> I am tired of hoeing between plants by hand. It's wearing me out. I am
> thinking of getting one of those small tillers like a Mantis or
> something similar. Does anyone have any experience with those and would
> care to give me advice about what or if to buy? I wonder if one would
> get just as tired lugging it around. I am using a plain old hoe that I
> got at Walmart - well, it has a fabulous yellow fiberglass handle -
> perhaps a different kind of hoe would be better? I've seen all the
> different kinds of hoes offered at conferences and shows but I don't
> know which kind to get. I'll bet one of my books has information about
> hoes, but I'm just too tired to get up and find one. One of the things
> I like about hand-hoeing is the quiet. One can hear the birds sing, the
> wind rustling the leaves and the soft scuffling sound of the hoe going
> through the soil. A tiller would ruin all that, but maybe I would have
> time to sit in the shade and listen to the birds sing and the leaves
> rustle?
>
> Marie in Missouri
>
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