Bugs in the Garden are Friendly Too

Gardens can be utilitarian, growing delicious produce for your family to enjoy, or they can be breathtaking, showing your penchant for flower cultivating. Yet no one likes the back-breaking process of ripping up the hardened ground each spring to kick off the new season. Since 1980, Mantis has been the leader in high-powered gardening tools aimed at making the job easier. The Mantis 2-Cycle Tiller/Cultivator is the most highly praised garden power tool in the Organic Gardening Buyer’s Guide. It holds the “Member Tested and Recommended” Seal of Approval from the National Home Gardening Club and it’s a “Best Buy” in Consumers Digest.

Don’t let the lightweight Mantis 2-Cycle Tiller/Cultivator fool you. While it’s 9-inch wide mouth is petite enough to do edging work between rows and alongside fences, once you pull the throttle-activated clutch, the powerful patented tines begin digging down 10 inches into the dirt, sod, solid clay and hard ground at 240 RPM. According to the manufacturer, you can effectively cultivate, weed and till a 30 x 40 foot garden in just 20 minutes. The versatile attachments include a plow, planter/furrower, border edger, aerator, hedge trimmer and lawn dethatcher. With the company’s one-year “no questions asked” money-back guarantee, the 5 year warranty and the lifetime guarantee against tine breakage, the user can feel good about this purchase.

Website to website, consumers have good things to say about the Mantis 2-Cycle Tiller/Cultivator. “This is my twelfth season using this tiller,” one satisfied customer writes on Amazon, where this product is highly rated. Another consumer remarks that Mantis “really stands by their lifetime warranty,” adding that a 20-year-old tine was replaced, no questions asked. This customer also admits, “It won’t ever totally replace the big tillers, but it can do a whole lot of things that the big ones can’t” — like the edging, dethatching and delicate row planting work. At www.viewpoints.com, 88% of the reviewers recommend this product. It’s rated well for “smaller size, ease of handling and sufficient power” that rivals the big tillers. “I finally bought one and now I can’t live without it,” admits a reviewer. “This is absolutely one of the best purchases I have ever made,” says a self-professed “Mr. Green Thumb.”

Even though consumers give rave reviews to the Mantis 2-Cycle Tiller/Cultivator, some people admit they got blisters from extended use without gloves (despite the “ergonomic” handle) and others mention that lots of roots and debris get tangled up in their tiller at the start of the season. Not everyone likes the idea of mixing gas and oil together to run this tool, which could be solved by purchasing the Mantis 4-cycle or the Mantis Electric tiller instead. To order this machine, you can visit www.mantis.com, where it sells for 9 and includes free shipping. If you’re looking for a great deal, you can find it at www.amazon.com for 0 plus shipping too.

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