question for community garden on plows

 Our church group is beginning a community garden of 150'x75'. I am a total
newbie on gardening stuff. I assume we'll be using neat rows of stuff for
planting. I'm trying to put together a package of least costly equipment.
We have a Sears GT-5000 garden tractor. Because of this, our most economical
choice would be to use it to pull eqpt. I also think it's best if we use
Sears because of warranty, deliverd right here, etc.

Would someone look at the two pages of Sears ground engaging equipment and
tell me what we need. It looks like maybe one or three plows we would need.
In addition, are there anything that Sears doesn't have we'll need?

If needed, I can get ground engaging equipment on Ebay, and then ship in a
big cost, or maybe go get .

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/c_10153_12605_Lawn+%26+Garden_Tractor+Attachments

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_Lawn+%26+Garden_Tractor+Attachments_Garden+Tractor+Ground+Engaging

Or, here's one other source that maybe we could use:

http://www.brinly.com/gardening-equipment/plows/PP-51BH.html

 
For that size garden, I'd just rent a roto-tiller in the Spring.

 

That Sears machine has a pot metal rear end.  It won't stand up to much
"ground-engaging" equipment.  It's not the power that's important - it's the
strength / makeup of the drive train.  It probably doesn't weigh enough to
pull a mouldboard plow either.  Especially if this is, as you say, a new
garden.  This first time working a plot is rough.  After it's been worked a
couple years it gets easier.

 

Most community gardens I have heard about are maintained by the people that are
given plots to use. Some people will plant things that don't want to be tilled
from year to year. You might want to consider whether  really need the equipment
on an on-going basis.
 

 

You might want to consider changing the name of your garden. Our group
established a community garden with the food going to a local area
food bank.  People started helping themselves to food from the garden,
thinking that "community" meant free to anyone in the community.

KC