A couple of years ago I reviewed the batter-powered garden trimmer and the TB154E garden cultivator from Troy-Bilt. Both of these garden tools have been a source of great help to me in the garden. In 2012 Troy-Bilt introduced the TBC57 cordless cultivator. A Lithium Ion battery-powered garden cultivator that’s easy to use, easy to assemble, and eliminates the need for gas and extension cords.
The TB154E is a great little cultivator, but the TBC57 is even better because it is battery-powered so you don’t need to worry about running over the extension cord when using it in the garden.
Features of the TBC57 Batter-powered garden cultivator
20 volt Lithium Ion rechargeable battery.
Light-weight deign.
Adjustable tilling width.
Easy to assemble and use.
Troy-Bilt has given me this garden cultivator for free to review (coming soon), and has provided me with one to giveaway to one lucky reader of this garden blog.
How to Enter the ‘Cultivate My Garden’ Giveaway
I'm making this easy and providing four ways to participate in the giveaway. You can enter once per method for a total of three entries.Garden Bloggers:
Be a resident of the U.S.
Leave a comment below (20 words minimum) about the garden you’d cultivate with this tiller. Would you dig up your lawn and plant a garden? Finally get around to sprucing-up your existing garden because you won't need of a back-breaking shovel? Help a neighbor with their garden? Occupy Gardens by starting a community garden or a garden at a local school?
Make sure your Email is displayed in your Blogger profile or blog. If you do not have a Blogger profile: use Name/URL option in the comments system to link to your garden blog. Make sure your Email is listed in an easy to find location on your garden blog.
Twitter:
Be a resident of the U.S.
Copy and paste the following in a tweet:
Hey @Troy_Bilt & @mrbrownthumb , #CultivateMyGarden w/a tiller http://goo.gl/DGSk5
Make sure your Twitter account is not protected so I can see your tweet. If your account is locked, unlock it for the tweet so I can jot your name down. If you have a blog or website, list it in your Twitter profile in case you win and need to be contacted and can't be reached through Twitter.
Facebook:
Be a resident of the U.S.
Click the “Share” link below this status update on my garden blog’s Facebook page, and explain what garden you’d cultivate with Troy-Bilt’s TBC57 battery powered garden cultivator.
G+:
Be a resident of the U.S.
Share this status update with your friends and tell me what kind of garden you'd cultivate with this tiller just like in the entry for garden bloggers and Facebook users.
The winner will be selected on 9-22-12 at 11:59 p.m. CST. I will place all the entries in a hat and draw one at random. In the event that the entry selected does not have an easy way to contact him/her, I will draw another name. One entry per person per method. Troy-Bilt/Marcus Thomas, LLC will handle the shipping of the garden cultivator to the winner. Again, make it easy to be able to contact you if you win.
Good luck! And don’t forget to tell me what garden you’d cultivate.
Update: I've put all of the entries in a list and numbered them all in order that they entered. I placed the numbers through a random number picker and the winner is.... mr_subjunctive's comment at 2:23 PM. Thank to everyone who entered!!
Wow, very cool giveaway! This little tiller would be perfect to till up the raised beds in my vegetable garden. Mix in a little compost, a little leaf matter, and some organic amendments and we're ready to go for 2013!
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I would love to win a Troy-Bilt tiller for the garden! I have clay soil and have to build up all of my beds with compost before I can plant anything. With our drought this summer so many of my plants died, so I will be re-planting most of my beds soon and this would be a huge help!
ReplyDeleteI so need this tiller! Last fall, we removed about 20 huge overgrown, ugly bushes from our front yard. In addition, I have overgrown beds surrounding the house that I had planned on removing this spring/summer. The drought stopped me from doing any replanting so this tiller would certainly help me with all my planting next year.
ReplyDeleteWell, we have been talking (endlessly, without acting) about starting a new bed for raspberries at some point. This would probably be helpful for that somehow, right?
ReplyDeleteI've made an update to the post, but I wanted to post here too in case you're subscribed to the comments. Congrats on being the comment that the random number picker chose! Enjoy your cultivator.
DeleteI would love this tiller. I have a new space in my garden all picked out. I have poor hostas all growing on top of each other, and they really need a new garden space. With it being battery power it would also be easy to haul around and help others with their garden creation.
ReplyDeleteWhat a generous giveaway! I would definitely eenlarge my cutting garden, then re-til several parts of the perennial garden that i am renovating, and then enlarge the veggie patch. That'the first weekend! Hope spelling doesn't count! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI am still chastising myself for giving away my electric Troy Bilt tiller of old, and this post popped up right in time. We have a raised area in our backyard (63' x 12') that could really use some breaking up. I planted a cover crop last year which vastly improved the soil, but I'd like to incorporate some other good stuff as well. Crossing my fingers.
ReplyDeleteNice! I am a 57 year old part-time gardener. As in after a full days work I love to work the soil, smell the earth and enjoy the fruits of my labor. God has been good to use, we have a 25x25' vegetable garden with 5 add'l flower gardens around our yard. This little cultivator would be a blessing~ Thanks for the offer~!
ReplyDeleteI have a small but 'doing OK' garden- and the The bane of my gardening adventure is CREEPING CHARLIE. I am constantly pulling it up, hoeing at it and on many a day my neighbors likely thought I was a madwoman out hacking at it. A nice little cultivator would make me appear sane. I have one on my wishlist!
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I have existing raised beds that I would use it on, plus a space in one of the only true sunny spots that I would love to tear the grass and ground cover out of to put a garden in.
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I tweeted about the giveaway: https://twitter.com/Twenteries/status/247894006611206144
ReplyDeleteWould love this for our garden, my husband and I expanded it this year (3x it's previous size) and we're not looking forward to getting it ready for the winter. This sure would help :)
I am just getting started with a garden and this would be ideal for me. The soil here is not the best and this would sure be a help with working in the compost now and getting the soil ready for spring planting.---Jean
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I would take up the weed-infested side yard and plant a rose and flower garden with the cultivator. Then, I'd let our locally=zoned elementary school borrow it for their new school garden. A good friend of mine is the teacher behind the effort and could use all the help they can get.
ReplyDeleteI live in a non-profit nursing home and would use your product in a 20 X 30' garden bed that sits in front of our main dining room window
ReplyDeleteI'd use it to establish new beds and revamp the old ones.
Sign. Me. Up! I have a list of new garden areas I want to start that I could use this for. This would have been great to have this year for a few new beds I started. I would definitely start by using it to clean up my perennial gardens.
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I would love to get my garden tilled for the winter and till up some space for strawberries.
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I tweeted https://twitter.com/Grace_believer/status/248254124213301248
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I shared your link on your garden blog’s Facebook page, and explained what garden I'd cultivate with Troy-Bilt’s TBC57 battery powered garden cultivator.
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I would love this tiller because my old front tine tiller is getting to be too much for us aging folks to handle!
ReplyDeleteThis would be perfect for the herb garden I have been wanting to make
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I tweeted about the giveaway :
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My husband and I could use this cultivator on the back part of our property to develop an area to create some raised garden beds for me to use from my wheelchair. I am currently writing a blog on accessible gardening and providing a facebook page for anyone interested in gardening who may need a little inspiration. I'm sharing adaptive technology as well as my pictures of my own gardens. I also share anything that appeals to me as a gardener. AccesstotheGarden@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteBeen so very eager to tear up my front lawn and put in a shortgrass prairie, and to document the process to encourage others to do the same. 0.7" of rain this summer = sustainability lessons, and example for my neighbors. I hope.
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Nice giveaway! I'd use to cultivate the front garden and maybe make another attack at doing something with the side tree bed...and then there's the whole rear deck area in great need of help!
ReplyDeleteI'd use it to mix in organic matter to my current and future growing areas and edge some beds that need it. I'll also probably use it at my grandma's house to fix her flower beds.
ReplyDeleteI also tweeted it, my friend.
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This would be perfect to cultivate my 4 raised garden beds 4'x8' each. It's possible to do by hand but this would be a great time saver. I like the idea of not dealing with gas too.
ReplyDeleteThe comments for the post are now closed. See the blog update and the one comment I left in reply tot he winner. Thanks to everyone who entered.
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