(Photo 5/16) Terraces formed
by
tilling
on a .
slope are
about
three feet wide.
TILLING ACROSS SLOPES
WITHOUT
TERRACES
Tilling
across the
slope
without
terraces is
not
the way we recommend,
but
it
can be
done
in the
following
manner. Begin at the
top
of
the slope and overlap
half
of
each tilled path,
always keeping the uphill wheel
in
the soft,
newly tilled soil.
Doing
so
will
help
you
keep
the
tiller
more stable across a relatively steep
slope.
Before
trying
to
till in
this
manner,
or
creat-
ing terraces across a slope, please
think
it
over
carefully and see
if it
isn't
possible
to
till vert-
ically
up and
down
the slope.
TERRACING
IN
3
PASSES
(Sketch 5/17) Creating a terrace in three passes.
64
feet
or
more
wide
which
would
leave
enough
room
for
cultivating
with
the tiller,
digging
to
this depth on a steep slope
would
likely
mean
that
you
would
be
growing
plants in subsoil
since the
inner
edges
of
the terrace
would
be
cut
more
deeply
into
the hill. Thus, the need
to
hand-maintain
narrower
terraces across the
slope
after
the
seedbed has been prepared
with
a
Troy-Bilt
Tiller, makes
it
much
more desir-
able
to
create a garden vertically up and
down
a slope,
if
it
is at all possible.
MAKING TERRACES IN 3
TO
5 PASSES
Here's
how
to
go
about
making
your
terraces
across a hillside.
Till
across the inside edge
of
the terrace and
turn
around, then,
come
back
and retill the same
ground
(because you can't
overlap on the first pass
of
each terrace). Then,
overlap one
half
a tiller's
width
(10 inches)
and
go
back in the
other
direction.
When
you
reach the end
of
the terrace,
turn
around
and
go
back, overlapping one
half
a tiller's
width
again. Remember, leave the last 6 inches
or
more untilled. See
Photo
5/16, Sketch 5/17
and Photo 5/18.
(Photo 5/18)
Use
of
a
furrower
attachment
is
an ideal
method
of
creating
a deep
furrow
on
the inside
portion
of
a terrace to speed
up
trans-
planting
of
young
tomato
or
pepper
plants
and
potatoes.
A
furrowing
attachment
on
your
Troy-Bilt
Tiller
can be very useful
to
you
in
making
ter-
races. The
furrower
can be
quickly
mounted
and removed at will. It creates a
nice
deep
fur-
rowan
the inside
portion
of
the
terrace
and is
an excellent
tool
for
planting
and
transplanting
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