Equipment for Healthy Soil, Less Toil, Minimal Till (and no more Rototiller!)

Short growing season? Not enough space? Sore back and knees? Grow crops in containers for a longer season, to fit in more crops, and bend less. If you want to up your game at container growing, or if you're new to gardening and need an inspiring primer, join us on April 14th for a live online class.
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We chat with Zach Loeks, an educator and grower who specializes in edible ecosystem design. 

He talks about the two-wheel tractor, a versatile piece of equipment that he says can be used by backyard gardeners, homesteaders, edible landscapers, and in community gardens.

(If you’re about to skip this episode because you don’t want more equipment…stay a while. Zach has insights into soil and tillage too.) 

In this episode we talk about:

• A look at the 2-wheel tractor
• How it’s different from a rototiller
• How home gardeners, landscapers, and homesteaders can use 2-wheel tractors
• What can a 2-wheel tractor do beyond tilling (spoiler alert: they can blow snow and bale hay too!)
• Earthworks for swales, berms, and beds on contour
• Tillage: minimum till vs. no-till

Zach is the author of The Two-wheel Tractor Handbook.