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If you have a smaller-sized garden with maybe only a little bit of ground set aside for growing vegetables you are likely to need a mini-sized garden tiller. There are a wide range of models available on the market so which one is the best mini tiller for you and your garden?

Most of the mini tillers available are petrol powered but there are also a number of electric powered mini tillers which have come on to the market recently, in part to address growing concerns over the environment and the impact of emissions from petrol tillers. Perhaps the most popular of these has been the Mowerland Electric Tiller. This innovative small-sized electric tiller for the smaller garden can be used for turning over top soil on flower beds and border areas as well as for use on vegetable patches so it really is a real time and labour saver. Best of all, the Mowerland electric mini tiller is on special offer at MowDIRECT at only £79 and should be at a low enough price to suit even the tightest of budgets.

One of the other great advantages of electric tillers is that they are low in weight and so great for senior gardeners. The Mowerland mini tiller weighs just 7.5 kg, which should make it suitable for most people. We do however offer an even smaller, lighter weight electric tiller from Al-Ko. The Al-Ko GPH250 Electric Tiller / Cultivator weighs just 4.8 kg and will save you hours of work traditionally undertaken with a fork and trowel. If you are working to a larger budget and looking for the best quality electric tiller available to maintain perhaps slightly larger sized areas of ground we would recommend the Mantis Electric Tiller / Cultivator. It features patented tines which rotate at 250 rpm allowing this mini electric tiller to work to depths of 25cm/10″ in clay or tough sod. Another interesting feature on the Mantis mini electric tiller is its ability to use a variety of attachments for work on the vegetable patch as well as other tasks around the garden such as lawn care. This is great as it means you only use the one power source for a variety of tasks saving you money on having to purchase a range of separate tools.

Mantis also produce 2-stroke and 4-stroke petrol versions of their best selling mini tiller which also offer the same performance capabilities and added versatility of being capable of taking a range of attachments. If you are looking for a more cost effective solution, you might consider the new range of Ardisam 3-in-1 Cultivators we have just launched which come with scarifier and lawn edger attachments as standard and represent a great deal at under £300!

The other main type of mini garden tiller available is the small-sized front tine petrol tillers with 4-stroke engine produced by manufacturers such as Al-Ko, MTD and Honda. The most expensive of these is the Honda F220 Tiller which is available at £525. Although this machine does offer top-end specifications and assured Honda quality, there are some perfectly good alternatives at around half the price for those looking to spend less. The Al-Ko MH350-4 Tiller / Cultivator has long been amongst our best sellers and offers the good, traditional build quality that you always get from a German manufactured product and handy features such as fold-down handles and front transport wheels. Our favourite front-tine mini tiller of this kind however is a tiller mentioned previously in this Blog, the new MTD T205 Garden Tiller. It has great specifications including a 40cm/16″ tilling width and robust worm-drive transmission as well as good features such as transport wheel and fold-down handle. We also really love the fact that MTD have supplied this product with a modern low emission OHV petrol engine - a real bonus for the environmentally conscious gardener.