There is a third option, often called "Market Gardener", where a tractor is not used because it is a waste of space and resources. Tractors require a lot of ex

There is a third option, often called "Market Gardener", where a tractor is not used because it is a waste of space and resources. Tractors require a lot of extra turn around space, and area for the wheels to travel that can be utilized for planting. Instead rows are built at 3 ft wide and perhaps 60 ft long to utilize human scale planting and weeding techniques. In this case the soil is not tilled, but instead allowed to build up. Covers are used to suppress weeds when the row is not in use. Rows are more easily rotated with cover crops or nitrogen fixating plants to improve the soil nutrients. These are of course smaller family farms 1-10 acres.