Starting a garden from scratch with traditional garden tools.

You don't need a tiller to start a garden. While tilling can be beneficial in certain situations, such as breaking up compacted soil or incorporating amendments, it's not necessary for starting a garden. Plus, people have been practicing some form of gardening for thousands of years while the modern rotary tiller was only invented in 1912.
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[@TylerLloyd]

Do you till your garden every year or do more of a no-till garden?

[@fwebster6226]

Sorta no-till. We bury our bokashi compost in parts of the garden that aren’t in use.

[@TylerLloyd]

@@fwebster6226 that is something I have yet to try.

[@HoneyDoHomestead]

A mattock or pick axe are the American versions of your tool there. You can get them in a couple different sizes. The larger one swings heavy like a maul, but the smaller one might be a little easier to handle - though slightly less effective in really hard soils or heavy rooted soils.

[@AdamRuppert]

A grub hoe is more analogous to that tool than a mattock.

[@TylerLloyd]

Thanks! I’ll see if I can find a wide, heavy mattock. Ideally without the pick part because I have a mildly irrational fear of jamming the pick into my face as I bring it back 😆

[@yesidtac7863]

Siempre es un trabajo duro

[@TylerLloyd]

¡Estoy de acuerdo!

[@garretnashua3022]

I've been using my sawzall. Works well. Sit in chair while sawing dirt.

[@TylerLloyd]

Really?! That’s amazing and a little hilarious 😆

[@sheeveroo]

man, you have all types of stuff in your ground

[@TylerLloyd]

Yeah, it’s a mess 😂. But slowly turning what feels like rubble filled dump into a garden.