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Working the tiny tractor
Tiny Farm Blog | July 10th 2008
Working with the tiny tractor always looks like fun: after three seasons, it’s still fun for me, and just about everyone else seems to enjoy it, too! This Kubota compact tractor is dead simple to operate, rugged and reliable, easy on diesel, an read more
Rototilling the vegetable garden
Homeowner's Blog | May 4th 2008 by Paul
So it begins again... I got the rototiller out and began going over the garden. The nice thing is, I now own the Rototiller, as Jay was nice enough to sell it to me for a bargain. This year, I am going to put in raised beds with gravel walk ways. read more
Rototiller breakdown
Tiny Farm Blog | April 26th 2008
This is the not-good look of torn metal, not something you want to see on gear that’s both fairly essential to the tasks at hand, and ALWAYS expensive to repair. Right in the middle of some very satisfying tilling on Thursday, I heard a mild, u read more
Field day!
Tiny Farm Blog | April 17th 2008
Left to the last possible harvest in the fall, brassicas like kale, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower (above), were eventually winter-killed and now have to be cleaned up—one of the first field-readying jobs of spring! Today, I st read more
Innovation or Idiocy? Don't let your Relatives decide!
The Rustic Garden | March 25th 2008 by CJ
My husband and I are just a small part of a longstanding gardening tradition in our families. And to my husband vegetable gardens are a source of more than just vegetables. It's a connection to the past. At least that's my husbands idea. He lives read more
BCS 948 walking tractor
Tiny Farm Gear | December 5th 2007
At double the price of the Troy-Bilt “Big Red” Horse, the top-of-the-line professional series BCS 948 walking tractor is quite the market garden machine. I haven’t tried or even seen one of these, but I’d love to. BCS is the read more
Troy-Bilt Horse rototiller
Tiny Farm Gear | December 4th 2007
The Troy-Bilt Horse walking rototiller is a machine to swear by. I’ve had mine for four years and it’s gone through a lot. I bought a mid-1990s model, used, in mint condition. For a couple of seasons, it was the main tiller on two acres o read more
All clear
Tiny Farm Blog | November 18th 2007
The new section at the north end of the garden, all clear after yesterday’s rototilling. The area is 120′x200′, about half an acre. Although it looks light and crumbly after drying for a few hours in a stiff breeze, the clayey soil read more
More fall finishing
Tiny Farm Blog | November 12th 2007
Fall clean-up is moving along bit by bit between the weather. Half the field is cleared, fertilized, and tilled or about to be. The rest is mostly covered by oats and a little rye. The Kubota compact tractor is ready to take up where it was stopped read more
Rototiller breakdown
Tiny Farm Blog | November 11th 2007
Like machinery everywhere, gear on the farm tends to break down just when you need it. This may be obvious, but it’s no less annoying for it!! Some breakdowns you know are coming sooner or later, like when you decide to let it wear out rather read more
At the wheel
Tiny Farm Blog | October 31st 2007
Tilling in the monster oats green manure/cover crop is a task where the Kubota compact tractor sure comes in handy. The oats is tall, dense and seemingly unstoppable by cold. It took a double mowing to get it down to a manageable state, and even the read more
Getting ready for garlic
Tiny Farm Blog | October 17th 2007
Home for next year’s garlic, carved out of the oats yesterday, is looking good! Mow the oats (the riding mower got a good workout and did a reasonable job), spread aged cow manure from the barnyard, and rototill in with the Kubota compact trac read more
Too HOT!!!
Eastside Farm Chronicles | June 15th 2007 by Susan Mall
Goodness Gracious!!! It has just been TOO DARN HOT!!! The girls (and Napoleon, Jericho and Bruce) were having a hard time with the heat this week until Farmer Jeff hooked up their outdoor misters. They are much happier now! I am moving a fan into the read more
Rototilling the Garden
Homeowner's Blog | May 23rd 2007 by Paul
I borrowed Jay's Rototiller yesterday in exchange for sharpening his lawnmower blade. It is a Yard Machines 21A332A700 with a 5.5 hp Briggs and Stratton engine. As a front tined rototiller, it is a little hard to handle, especially when you hit a read more
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