Got a $25 auger bit for my drill and it has saved me so much time in turning and preseasoning my beds. They had a much larger one but due to budget, garden size, and general amateurness in my gardening skills I went with a smaller size. does anybody else use one of these?
by ZoraKnight
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I got mine off Amazon, and I love it
What is that? i NEED ONE YESTERDAY does it attached to any drill or does it need a special drill
Unnecessary and destroying soil structure.
PSA: Just be careful because your wrist will twist to bits if you go fast and it snags on a rock!
You don’t know, what you don’t know.
I just flat out stopped tilling cause I’m old and it’s time consuming.
Everything grows the same if not better.
I was a big tiller before but it seems to not make a difference.
I’ve used a brush attachment on a power drill and it’s not a good idea. First, i don’t have the cross bar handle. Second if you hit something and debris flies into your eye you’re gonna regret it
how about using a small spade so you can use your foot to step on the shovel blade?
Ideally, soil should not be tilled.
Because you didn’t want to low key liquify the earth worms? 🪱
Just a warning it can rip the head off your drill.
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lol i use this to break up dirt around stumps also when i was installing my french drain. super easy to go under concrete too. hell maybe ill use it for the garden 1 day like i intended lol
You’re not doing your soil any favours…
Just keep a loose grip on it, if you hit a rock or root it quickly transforms into the WristSnapper 5000
That’s what they call Yes Till farming I suppose.
RIP mycelium networks
Using it wrong.
That soil looks pretty soft with no clay.
Gonna show this to my husband 😂
You’re just ruining the soil doing that
I use it planting perennials for the first time and fruit trees. I have the large one that goes rather deep.
I plant a TON of dahlias every year, and before I had one of these, it was an onerous task. Now? So easy!! Totally worth it!
Oh wow. I am going to look for one of those now.
That’s how I made the holes for my tulips in the fall. We have rocky soil so it takes a bit.
No till is better
My soil is too dense (clay) and that thing wouldn’t even make a dent.
I use one for when I plant garlic, lots and lots of garlic. Makes my hole depth uniform and generally makes my life easier that day.
Where did you get this?? I must buy!!!
I found a 20v electric tiller on Amazon that is compatible with my dewalt batteries. Looks like a string trimmer had a baby with a tiller. Works really good on our raised beds. A little heavy and works best being pulled towards you, but it digs deep into loose soil and breaks everything up good. I used a drill auger like that to put some fence posts in the ground and it will try to break your wrist if you his a root or a rock.