[Pollard]

Not upstate like I thought. It's West of Connecticut. Neversink NY - Claryville NY area. He's a perfectionist and a thinker. I like that he's pretty much zero machine. Good shtf farming techniques.

He does buy compost and organic fertilizers. Kelp, fish meal, feather meal and one other ingredient I can't think of at the moment.

And I had no idea that wire hoes - wire weeders even existed. Nice and lightweight. I've got plenty of leftover pieces of 200k psi high tensile wire that's thin yet very stiff. Can't even bend it by hand really. I can bend some pieces up in a vise and make a set of wire hoe heads and I'm sure I have something around here to use as a handle. He also uses a tilther. Mini tiller that runs off a cordless drill. I think Elliot Coleman invented it. Johnny's sells them for almost a grand.

I've got one of these I need to drop off at the Stihl dealer and have them service the fuel system. New primer bulb, filter, hoses, clean the carb etc.

Good for mixing in compost/amendments. Just a really fast garden rake.

[metmom]

Might as well get the equipment serviced while parts are still available and your money is worth something.

[metmom]

I am definitely interested in the by hand stuff.

Machines are handy but without gas or part, pretty much useless..

[Diana in Wisconsin]

We have that same tiller and it is the perfect tool for small jobs or tilling raised beds...which I don’t recommend you do unless it’s a ‘soil emergency.’

I’m not lazy; just more pro-permaculture these days. ;)

Beau uses it to make me easy-to-plant rows in The Big Garden for my Gladiolus and rows of cutting flowers.