I’ve made garden beds using the lasagna method, I’ve made garden beds using a broadfork, and I’ve made garden beds using a plain old shovel, but it was only recently that I finally got my hands on a real, live electric tiller.
I had expected the electric tiller to be by far my favorite method–after all, I’d been longing to check this tiller out of our local food pantry’s Tool Share program since spring!–but I was actually surprised by quite a few things that were different from my expectations.
Here, then, is my personal evaluation of the electric tiller as compared to some of my other favorite garden-clearing methods. Is an electric tiller for you? Read on and see!
