Choosing Between An Electric Garden Cultivator, Gas Tiller Cultivator And Hand Tiller
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Even the average gardener is spoilt for choice when it comes to the age old chore of tilling and cultivating the soil. While the use of an oxen or modern tractor may be ruled out, a modern gardener does have some choices which were not long ago associated only with the farmer. Lightweight tilling and cultivating equipment driven by gas or electricity are now very much the domain of the amateur gardener, and the hardware and gardening stores that supply him or her.
A tiller cultivator of some sort is an essential to all types of vegetable and fruit growing. This applies from soil preparation, through sowing and planting, and into maintenance and during the growing season. So what sort of choices does the modern gardener actually have.
First of all, there are a wide range of hand tillers still available on the market today. You can still get a hand held tiller that requires you to get down on your knees and get dirty. Hand gardening tools in general are still popular today, and certainly give sedentary workers much needed exercise. The other type of manual tiller you can still get hold of from the local store is the type that you stand up and push. This is certainly easier on the knees and back.
Then there are the modern powered tiller cultivators. These are the type that Mantis has brought to the world of garden by designing a lightweight tiller cultivator that suits the average gardener down to the ground. In fact, Mantis has more than one model to choose from at the present time, depending on your needs and preferences.
The Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator is ideal for those who want a lightweight cultivator driven by clean electrical power. Costing, at the time of writing, about $350 for the basic unassembled cultivator, this is an affordable option for many gardeners who appreciate good equipment. If you are happy with gas power, then the Mantis 2-cycle and 4-cycle tiller/cultivators are the choices available at the present time.
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