The Two Wheel Tractor Handbook

Small-Scale Equipment and Innovative Techniques for Boosting Productivity

The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook shows small-scale growers how to leverage this versatile, affordable, yet under-utilized tool to maximize the productivity and profitability of their enterprises. Required reading for urban farmers, suburban gardeners, rural homesteaders, orchardists, landscapers, and market gardeners.

By: Zach Loeks

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Small but mighty — a comprehensive guide to the use of two-wheel tractors for highly productive gardens, landscapes, and farms

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, the “Compost-a-path Method,” 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 and North America
“Pro tips,” “design boxes,” and other 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.

About The Author(s)

Zach Loeks is an edible ecosystem designer, innovative researcher and Permaculture grower. Through Edible Eco-System Design, he helps homes, farms, schools, and municipalities create more edible and diverse landscapes. He is the author of The Permaculture Market Garden, The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook and The Edible Ecosystem Solution and The Garden Tool Handbook. Zach lives between two research projects: his award-winning farm in Cobden, Ontario and his biodiverse urban homestead in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

His online courses at www.EcosystemU.com put YOU as the designer of your own abundant and biodiverse eco-systems! See www.zachloeks.com for more information.

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ISBN: 9780865719842

Page Count: 240

Dimensions: 7.5 × 9 × 0.48 in

Publication Date: April 04, 2023

Images: Full Color Illustrations and Photos

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