...the Mantis tiller out. Now I’m not mechanical and treat my rotovators roughly, they get stuck in the shed and fuel is the only luxury they get. So the Mantis...
...up. Mantis in Action All ready to plant out My first thought was to run the Merry Tiller over the patch but on second thoughts it would be overkill. The...
...my first and second early potatoes in it and today I was preparing some ground on plot 29. Preparing a Deep Bed with the Mantis Tiller First I added just...
...Mantis tiller and a large, old Merry Tiller rotavator. The Mantis will certainly go deeper than 5”, about 8” I think although I’ve never really measured how deep. The Merry...
...to nick a garlic stalk, hopefully it will recover. I roughly weeded the potatoes as well earlier in the week but not with the hoe. I ran the Mantis between...
...knew it wold be spilling over the edge if I didn’t remove some. Removed a good barrowload of soil from the bed and then used the Mantis to really break...
...down came the rain. Sheltered for a while until it stopped then started on the potatoes. Used the Mantis furrowing blades to dig the furrows on Plot 5 potato bed...
...where to start, but the Sarpo potatoes won. They were ready for earthing up and a fine crop of weeds was developing between the rows. The wonderful Mantis came into...
...just before the raised beds. I ran the Mantis over to break up the soil which is, despite a bit of rain, still like lumps of concrete in bits. It...
...the compost is still a bit lumpy with matted grass roots so ran the Mantis tiller over them to break everything up and mix it further. The Mantis has the...
...fine crumbly stuff in the theory. It doesn’t matter, I have a cunning method with my Mantis Tiller It has an extra set of tines for digging furrows and these...
...field, the new raised beds are looking good, filled with compost and the spent compost from the tomatoes and so forth. The Mantis really comes into its own with the...
...Mantis time. It only took about half an hour to get the soil beautifully light and fluffy again. The beauty of the Mantis is that it’s light enough to use...
...mature before winter bites and the plant dies, I’ve removed the flowers and just-set fruits so the energy will go into the fruits with a chance. Compost Bins with Mantis...
...I’ve laid cardboard over the grass and then added rotted horse manure, loam from piled turf and my own compost. A few passes with the Mantis Tiller to mix and...
...to clear the patch where the broad beans had been on plot 29. Lots of weeds but cleared them all and ran the Mantis over the patch ready to plant...
...one partially rotted but then I had a brainwave and used the Mantis to break it up and mix it with the mature compost. The result isn’t too bad, a...