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A disc and tiller wide enough to cut outside the rear tire track, plus a one row cultivator. A two-bottom plow and row marker help but can be rented or improvised with string.
Use herbicide to kill top vegetation, or plow it under with a two-bottom plow, let it sit, then disc to break up roots before discing or using a field digger.
You can almost replace the disc with a tiller, but in rocky soil the tiller is dicey, so a disc is useful, especially on new ground with vegetation on top.
A five or six foot three-point disc is fairly reasonable, a field digger runs about 150 to 500 dollars, and a one row cultivator is around 150 dollars.
