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Read articles →This video follows a small-farm owner prepping a new garden patch using a modified middle-buster plow and a cultivator on the Kubota B2601, specifically because he doesn't own a tiller. He walks through the full multi-implement process, honestly comparing results to what a tiller would deliver and noting cost tradeoffs. Best for B2601 owners working through similar budget constraints on garden bed prep.
Posted by the Just Caids Day Farm channel, presenting the perspective of a hands-on small-farm owner sharing practical workarounds from their own property.
Rough plow with a modified middle-buster cut to roll one direction, then make repeated passes with a cultivator to break up clumps, clearing piles with the bucket.
No, a tiller would be much easier and faster, but the plow and cultivator together cost about a third of what a tiller costs.
It creates humps and valleys from the cultivator tines and leaves a lot of grass chunks a tiller would normally break up.
