The Walden Effect: Farming, simple living, permaculture, and invention.

Saying good bye to soil destruction

loading tiller into back of truck

We decided to get rid of this old Statesman tiller we never use anymore.

Why did we stop using it?

Because the soil in a no-till garden looks, feels, and smells a whole lot better.



Anna Hess's books
Want more in-depth information? Browse through our books.

Or explore more posts by date or by subject.

About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment.


RSS
no till
I'm right there with ya. I traded my rototiller to a neighbor for some metal roofing.
Comment by steve specht — Wed Aug 6 17:17:44 2014
comment 2
Was it junk? Laying it on it's side can't do the engine much good. Tillers have their place like breaking up clods and sod.
Comment by Eric — Thu Aug 7 19:47:05 2014
Statesman tiller

Oh no! I have the same exact machine just bought in an auction. The engine, carburetor and fuel tank needed some serious cleaning, it would not start. After one whole day removing carb, tank, oil change, spark plug etc, finally started the engine then realized that the transmission is bad. Tiller don't work and forward, reverse don't work either. I am looking for another one to use the parts( transmission ) I don't have a garden, I'm using it to soften soil in my back yard, then remove excess sil, grade and then make a patio with bricks. I'm interested to buy a none working statesman for parts. Thank you Philip 302-743-4129

Comment by Philip — Mon Sep 7 02:27:02 2015
Add a comment





profile counter myspace



Powered by Branchable Wiki Hosting.

Required disclosures:

As an Amazon Associate, I earn a few pennies every time you buy something using one of my affiliate links. Don't worry, though --- I only recommend products I thoroughly stand behind!

Also, this site has Google ads on it. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to a website. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to various sites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting this site.