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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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