Garden Prep 2024 - Honda FC600 Mid-Tine Tiller - DeWitt Sunbelt

Our 1-acre homestead garden is expanding this year. If you're wondering if a mid-tine tiller can do the job of breaking new ground you've come to the right place.
We are fans of the DeWitt Sunbelt so we are going to use it again this year for weed prevention. Here is a video of what the DeWitt is capable of after 1 growing season. • Winter Cover Crop - Wi...
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[@crabtrap]

That looks to be ex-farmland. What people dont understand is; after decades of hard plow farming, that clay becomes even more particulate and compact. To establish a new garden plot, a compact tractor plowing (rent, borrow) THEN do your tilling bi-annual.
That top soil was buried 80yrs ago lol!
So many people think 'farm soil' is good soil....but it usually isnt. Crop variety(wheats,corn,soy) and chemicals are what makes it produce.
I bag mow and dump everything i can in my (exfarm) garden (grass,leaves,ashes etc).
Happy growing! (FG600 tiller is great machine)

[@HillandCreekHomestead]

Thanks for the detailed information! You are correct. The soil test we did found there was very little left in the way of valuable nutrients. We are doing our best to save every scrap of compost and manure to enrich the soil. Happy growing to you as well!