The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook
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Small-Scale Equipment and Innovative Techniques for Boosting Productivity
SELLING POINTS
Established Track Record: Author’s previous books The Permaculture Market
Garden and The Edible Ecosystem Solution have sold 7 700 and 2000 copies respectively
Unique perspective: Much more than a user’s guide, provides a complete growing system and farm layout for using two-wheeled tractors to increase production on small acreages
Award-winning farmer and educator: Author is permaculture farmer, designer, and director of Ecosystem Solution Institute and Ecosystem U on-line training academy
Beautifully Illustrated: 100 watercolor illustrations by the author
Practical, step-by-step process: applicable to a variety of farming including grassland
farming, market farming, suburban homesteads, and orchards
Saves the farmer’s back and prevents burnout!: Replaces much of the work traditionally done by hand on small-scale farms
One tool does it all: tiller, mower, harrow, transporter, snow blower, flail, potato digger, sweeper
Growing interest in small-scale farms: high-density food growing on small areas is increasing in demand for urban and rural settings
Promotional partnerships: with tractor distributors and seed companies
International Interest: BCS two-wheel tractors originated in Italy, and the author travels and teaches there regularly
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.
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