While searching Gumtree and eBay for a ride-one mower suitable for our lawn and also our meadow (just paths, not the whole 3.5acres), I stumbled across an old Kubota TF60 rotavator for sale. What was so enticing about it, apart from the size, was that it has an extra set of wheels that are weighted (and after lifting one at a time I can confirm that they are seriously weighted), a till attachment and a plough attachment. I went to see it last night and just knew I had to have it, so after a little effort to drive it up the ramp (old gate) onto my pick-up, I now have a bit of kit to play with and make a start on the area that is going to become my first vegetable patch.
Annoyingly, we are going away for a couple of days so I'll have to wait until next week to play with it. Of course I'm happy to be going away on holiday...