For many gardening tasks there is a mechanized alternative, such as electric lawn mowers and edge trimmers. But what about tilling and cultivation? Even that is now in the list of tasks you can mechanize if you wish; an electric garden cultivator can do the job of a hand tiller and garden spade and fork. It would mean having less exercise, but if you have a large garden, or just a shortage of time, then that may be an acceptable “sacrifice”.
It is all a matter of striking the right balance. If you save time on cultivating, then you can use that time on other garden tasks that are manual, and more enjoyable, which will compensate on the exercise front anyway. So, it is not really something to get hung up about. An electric or gas driven tiller/cultivator can be a useful addition to your garden equipment, and won’t necessarily mean.
Probably the best known of the electric garden tillers and cultivators are those made by Mantis. They have really been behind the new generation of tillers and cultivators that have brought mechanization to the garden from the farm. The reason for that development has been the ability of Mantis to reduce the weight of their tillers to make them into easy to handle pieces of garden equipment, that able bodied people of either gender can carry with one hand, and use comfortably in the garden.
What can you use an electric garden tiller for? The Mantis tiller, for example, has settings for digging, tilling or cultivating. At about $350 and designed to last, it is reasonably priced, and good value if you’re going to get good use out of it.
