Garden time...Oh boy!

billbill1 · May 16, 2006

Scotty, I bought a Honda mini tiller last year, it's a 4-stroke and one mean little sucker. Very quite and the tines are very fast. I have a 6 hp Troy Bilt and I believe that this little Honda would eat it alive, I think I paid $350 at Home Depot. It holds 2 ounces of oil in the crankcase. A great tiller for getting right up next to the plants. I've had an IDC brand 2-stroke in the past and it did OK for about 10 years, the primer bulb finally rotted off and I went and bought the Honda. Big garden going there Jim!! Looks good.

NewToy · May 16, 2006

Great looking garden there in Texas. I was able to plant most of our 40x60 garden last week and it hasn't stopped raining since. I hope everything doesn't rot in the ground. It seems to drain well so hopefully I'll be OK. That KK tiller sure looks good in action!

John

NewToy · May 16, 2006

Great looking garden there in Texas. I was able to plant most of our 40x60 garden last week and it hasn't stopped raining since. I hope everything doesn't rot in the ground. It seems to drain well so hopefully I'll be OK. That KK tiller sure looks good in action!

John

jinman · May 17, 2006

RobJ: ( The deer or calfs got in and walked down the rows picking out the corn. Nothing left but the hole. )

Rob, I think that would kill me with all the work we've put into our garden. If we had something destroy all of it, I don't know what I'd do, but I'd sure have a lot of trouble convincing myself to plant another one. Did you have it fenced?

Steve: ( Once again, $50 worth of seed in hand and mums on order and nothing but mud in the field, blasted may storms. )

I feel sorry for you and especially those folks in the northeast who have nothing but storms recently. We've had drought, but weather is weather, too much or too little will ruin garden plans quickly. I am just holding my breath and hoping we don't get one of our normal springtime hail storms. If everything holds together, I'll have squash, tomatoes, and banana peppers by this weekend. I can't wait. I'm just like a kid at Christmas. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Scotty: You can tell your wife that these tillers don't work well in rocks at all. A small baseball sized rock will send this little tiller skyward in a flash. It's so light that when it hits a rock it bounces as high as a foot in the air. Last year I broke a drive cable by hitting a rock. That's the only thing other than the fuel priming bulb that I've ever had to replace on this tiller in over 10 years. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Bill: ( I've had an IDC brand 2-stroke in the past and it did OK for about 10 years, the primer bulb finally rotted off and I went and bought the Honda. )

Bill, I have several IDC/Ryobi 2-cycle tools and I keep several primer bulbs and bulk fuel hose for repairs. The primer bulbs are a snap to replace. I had to replace one on my tiller just this last weekend. The old one rotted thru and that seemed to let gas flood the carb and cylinder. I had to remove the plug to get rid of the liquid lock. I replaced the primer, dryed the cylinder and plug, and it fired right up on the first pull. One of these days I'll have to replace it, and that little Honda unit has caught my eye several times. I'm glad you like yours so well. If I can ever wear out mine, the Honda will be at the top of my list.

John: I hope your garden holds up too. I looked at a book I have last night about blackeyed peas (cowpeas). It said a family of four needed a row of peas about 15 feet long. I Have 3-1/2 rows of peas each 80 ft long. Sheesh! I guess that's enough for 50 people. If I have a good crop, I may be convered in peas... and corn... and okra...etc. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

jinman · May 17, 2006

RobJ: ( The deer or calfs got in and walked down the rows picking out the corn. Nothing left but the hole. )

Rob, I think that would kill me with all the work we've put into our garden. If we had something destroy all of it, I don't know what I'd do, but I'd sure have a lot of trouble convincing myself to plant another one. Did you have it fenced?

Steve: ( Once again, $50 worth of seed in hand and mums on order and nothing but mud in the field, blasted may storms. )

I feel sorry for you and especially those folks in the northeast who have nothing but storms recently. We've had drought, but weather is weather, too much or too little will ruin garden plans quickly. I am just holding my breath and hoping we don't get one of our normal springtime hail storms. If everything holds together, I'll have squash, tomatoes, and banana peppers by this weekend. I can't wait. I'm just like a kid at Christmas. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Scotty: You can tell your wife that these tillers don't work well in rocks at all. A small baseball sized rock will send this little tiller skyward in a flash. It's so light that when it hits a rock it bounces as high as a foot in the air. Last year I broke a drive cable by hitting a rock. That's the only thing other than the fuel priming bulb that I've ever had to replace on this tiller in over 10 years. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Bill: ( I've had an IDC brand 2-stroke in the past and it did OK for about 10 years, the primer bulb finally rotted off and I went and bought the Honda. )

Bill, I have several IDC/Ryobi 2-cycle tools and I keep several primer bulbs and bulk fuel hose for repairs. The primer bulbs are a snap to replace. I had to replace one on my tiller just this last weekend. The old one rotted thru and that seemed to let gas flood the carb and cylinder. I had to remove the plug to get rid of the liquid lock. I replaced the primer, dryed the cylinder and plug, and it fired right up on the first pull. One of these days I'll have to replace it, and that little Honda unit has caught my eye several times. I'm glad you like yours so well. If I can ever wear out mine, the Honda will be at the top of my list.

John: I hope your garden holds up too. I looked at a book I have last night about blackeyed peas (cowpeas). It said a family of four needed a row of peas about 15 feet long. I Have 3-1/2 rows of peas each 80 ft long. Sheesh! I guess that's enough for 50 people. If I have a good crop, I may be convered in peas... and corn... and okra...etc. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Bird · May 17, 2006

( If I have a good crop, I may be convered in peas )

Yes, I'd say you'll have plenty. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I used one of those walk behind planters, stretched a string to mark my two 80' rows, then went up one side of the string and down the other. In other words, I planted 2 double rows. And we always had more than our family, friends, and neighbors could use. Blackeyed peas and people's preferences always amused me. I like all of them, but prefer young ones with some snaps included. I have a brother who only wants the dried ones. And I had a neighbor who would come pick them and only wanted the biggest undried, certainly no snaps.

And now that I'm in town again, lately I haven't found canned ones in the grocery store that included the snaps. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Bird · May 17, 2006

( If I have a good crop, I may be convered in peas )

Yes, I'd say you'll have plenty. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I used one of those walk behind planters, stretched a string to mark my two 80' rows, then went up one side of the string and down the other. In other words, I planted 2 double rows. And we always had more than our family, friends, and neighbors could use. Blackeyed peas and people's preferences always amused me. I like all of them, but prefer young ones with some snaps included. I have a brother who only wants the dried ones. And I had a neighbor who would come pick them and only wanted the biggest undried, certainly no snaps.

And now that I'm in town again, lately I haven't found canned ones in the grocery store that included the snaps. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

RobJ · May 17, 2006

Jim,

Fenced with a 4 wire fence. But as you know the only thing that can keep a deer out is a 10' 6x6 or something. Being a hunter I see deer walk through a 5 wire fence like it's not even there. People think a deer will always jump a fence, I differ on that, if he/she isn't feeling any pressure, 99% of the time they will get on their belly and crawl under it if they can't walk through it.

Well taters are still good to.

RobJ · May 17, 2006

Jim,

Fenced with a 4 wire fence. But as you know the only thing that can keep a deer out is a 10' 6x6 or something. Being a hunter I see deer walk through a 5 wire fence like it's not even there. People think a deer will always jump a fence, I differ on that, if he/she isn't feeling any pressure, 99% of the time they will get on their belly and crawl under it if they can't walk through it.

Well taters are still good to.

billbill1 · May 17, 2006

Jim, along with the primer bulb, the line came off at the gas tank and the fitting through the tank was held in place by the gas line. I ran it for a year with the primer bulb messed up but couldn't figure out how to keep fuel from leaking out of the tank and finally gave up. Good excuse to buy the Honda, I hope it serves me as well as the IDC did. Oh Jim, if you ever want to try out one of these Honda tillers, you and Kathy can come spend the weekend and I promise that you can try the tiller all you want!! (Tilling my garden-of course.) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif