{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping","title":"Equipment for Healthy Soil, Less Toil, Minimal Till (and no more Rototiller!)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2216,"description":"We chat with Zach Loeks, an educator and grower who specializes in edible ecosystem design. \nHe talks about the two-wheel tractor, a versatile piece of equipment that he says can be used by backyard gardeners, homesteaders, edible landscapers, and in community gardens.\n(If you’re about to skip this episode because you don’t want more equipment…stay a while. Zach has insights into soil and tillage too.) \nIn this episode we talk about:\nA look at the 2-wheel tractor\nHow it’s different from a rototiller\nHow home gardeners, landscapers, and homesteaders can use 2-wheel tractors\nWhat can a 2-wheel tractor do beyond tilling (spoiler alert: they can blow snow and bale hay too!)\nEarthworks for swales, berms, and beds on contour\nTillage: minimum till vs. no-till\nZach is the author of The Two-wheel Tractor Handbook.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_y3e1k24nMlKLGYUZdhBsMgezF6u9k_5w92OUmAhniI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTFk/NDg3ODQxNjE2MGM1/ZWMwNGVhOTgyZTY1/NmZhOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}