Here’s How to Grow Your Garden with a Tiller

Tiller Types

Tillers (also known as rototillers or cultivators) are available in a wide variety of sizes and types, including manual tillers, gas tillers, electric tillers and cordless battery-powered tillers. Here’s how they compare.

Front Tine Tillers vs. Rear Tine Tillers

Tillers break, dig, mix and aerate soil using powerful, rotating metal tines. Tillers have either a front-tine or a back-tine design. Each type has different strengths. Here’s how they compare.

Tiller Accessories

Get more from your rototiller with these extra accessories. From safety to utility, here’s what you need to round out your gardening toolbox.

Safety Boots

Protect your feet from a tiller’s powerful blades. CSA-rated steel-toe rubber boots will also protect you from any rocks that are kicked up by the machine.

Long Sleeves & Pants

Safeguard your skin from thorny or sharp branches that can lash out from the machine during tilling.

Eye Protection

Safety glasses or goggles can help prevent life-altering injuries from projectiles, like stones, dirt and debris.

Ear Protection

While not essential when using an electric or manual tiller, gas-powered tillers are loud and ear plugs or covers are needed.

Work Gloves

Snug-fitting work gloves ensure manual dexterity for working tiller controls and removing blockages (always turn the tiller off first!).

Soil Amendments

Use your tiller to work in compost, manure and other soil amendments to improve your garden for the growing season ahead.

Garden shovels

An ergonomic shovel will help you move compost and manure to where you need them, so your tiller can work its magic.

Wheelbarrows

Move heavy and cumbersome yard waste with a labour-saving wheelbarrow.

Garden Tools

A hand cultivator, fork, trowel and other tools will help you move from tilling to planting and harvesting.