A New Way to Till the Garden!

We finally got smart and got a riding tiller last fall.  Harold used his sugar beet hauling money to buy an International Cub Lo-Boy tractor with 3 attachments - a tiller, a grader, and a mower.   We usually till up the garden with a walk behind Troybuilt tiller.   But it is so bulky and heavy and hard to manage.  When Harold came down with bone marrow cancer, managing the heavy tiller was extremely difficult.   And I certainly can't use it.  The last couple years we had the pastor from our church come out and help till the garden, and one year a young friend in his early 20's came out and did tilling.  But this year we can just ride and till!   Our garden is quite large (we actually have 2 large gardens), and the rider really makes sense, especially for old folks like us!  So here are photos of me and Harold getting the garden ready for this year's crops.

My first time with this thing, just getting started.

The tractor expert enjoying the new toy!

Look at the nice smooth job the tractor does!

The finished job.  The old Troybuilt is next to the edge of the garden.