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- From: "Sean Albiston" <lab@physics.umn.edu>
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:58:32 -0500 (CDT)
A good broadfork would get the job done faster than a shovel.
sean Stillwater, MN
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am about to start a good sized plot for a three sisters garden - about
> 60'x40'. The soil is a loose sand with a bit of loam. It currently has
> a good cover of annual rye grass. As my husband runs off to find a
> motorized tiller to prepare the ground I am wondering if there is a low
> tech version of a tool that could do the job? I've heard about the
> Glazer wheel hoe being able to do some light cultivation with a plow
> attachment. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this, or
> any suggestions? what tools would work to cultivate a plot this size?
> I could do it with a shovel... but that would take a bit longer than I
> am hoping to get it done in.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marjory
>
>
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[permaculture] manual tools for tilling?,
Marjory, 04/03/2010
- Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?, Sean Albiston, 04/03/2010
- Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 04/03/2010
- Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 04/04/2010
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Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?,
Stephen Sherman, 04/05/2010
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Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?,
Charlotte Dion, 04/05/2010
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Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?,
Tripp Tibbetts, 04/08/2010
- Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 04/09/2010
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Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?,
Tripp Tibbetts, 04/08/2010
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Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?,
Charlotte Dion, 04/05/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [permaculture] manual tools for tilling?, jenny Nazak, 04/06/2010
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