rototiller
Motorized garden cultivator
A rototiller is a motorized gardening machine with rotating blades that churn and break up soil, used to prepare ground for planting.
The blades spin on a horizontal axis, mixing in organic matter and loosening compacted earth: We rototilled the backyard before putting in the vegetable garden.
Also called a rotary tiller.
Fork's pointed projections
- engineMachine producing motion
- throttlePower flow controller
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
transmission · handlebars · wheels · gasoline · diesel · two-stroke · four-stroke · horsepower
Furniture for sleeping
- seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- weedingExtracting undesired vegetation
hoe · spade · compost · mulch · flowers · herbs · seedlings · harvest
Fertile soil mixture
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
aeration · breaking up · turning · mixing · amendments · drainage · texture · structure
Cultivating land for food
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
acreage · furrow · seedbed · agronomy · horticulture · small farm · market garden · subsistence
tines
Fork's pointed projections
- engineMachine producing motion
- throttlePower flow controller
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
clutch · transmission · handlebars · wheels · gasoline · diesel · two-stroke · four-stroke · horsepower · torque
beds
Furniture for sleeping
- seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
weeding · hoe · spade · compost · mulch · flowers · herbs · seedlings · harvest · organic
loam
Fertile soil mixture
compaction · aeration · breaking up · turning · mixing · amendments · drainage · texture · structure · clods
farming
Cultivating land for food
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
crop rotation · acreage · furrow · seedbed · agronomy · horticulture · small farm · market garden · subsistence · cover crop
- farm toolspitchfork, hoe, rake, shovel, plow
- power equipmentchainsaw, leaf blower, string trimmer, lawn mower, pressure washer
- tillage toolsplow, harrow, cultivator, hoe, hand cultivator
- power tillersrotavator, hand tractor, cultivator, BCS
- digging toolsshovel, spade, pickaxe, mattock, hoe
- garden suppliesrake, planters, hoe, shovel, pots
rototillerhand tiller
Manual soil-loosening tool
hand tools · manual labor · shovel · spade · garden fork