Small but mighty - a comprehensive guide to the use of two-wheel
tractors for gardeners, homesteaders, landscapers, and farmers
More affordable than four-wheel tractors and infinitely more versatile
than single- purpose power equipment such as rototillers, two-wheel
tractors are an ideal solution for an astonishing array of garden,
landscaping, and agricultural applications.
Two-wheel tractors are multifunctional, economical, practical,
maneuverable, portable, and low impact. Yet choosing the equipment is
only half of it, the other half is integrating the right machine and
implements into your land-based enterprise and coupling it with
innovative high-efficiency techniques. Coverage includes:
- Why you need a two-wheel tractor
- Two-wheel tractor essentials including tractor implement options and
functions
- Equipment decision-making to suit your scale, context, enterprises,
and budget
- Safety equipment, operation, and basic maintenance
- Innovative use strategies including micro-plowing, making permabeds,
in situ mulching, compost-a-path design, crop guilds, scaling up, and
diversified crop management
- How to start from scratch, clearing new land, scaling up your
enterprises and more
- Case studies and rich examples from suburban landscaping to commercial
market gardens from Europe to North America.
- "Pro-tips" and sidebars for rapidly elevating your skills.
The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook shows small-scale growers how to
leverage walk-behind tractors to maximize the productivity and
profitability of their enterprises. This full-color, highly illustrated
guide is a must-have tool for urban farmers, suburban gardeners, rural
homesteaders, orchardists, landscapers, and market gardeners looking to
boost production.
