A garden tractor is a gas powered driveable gardening tool. It is mainly used for cutting grass in large areas of land. A garden tractor is a small tractor normally used for a small yard. A garden tractor is much smaller than the treaditional farm tractor. a garden tractor is a mix between a lawn tractor and a compact utility tractor. The garden tractor can do lawn and garden work like mowing yard, plowing the garden or plowing snow. garden tractors can have electric, hyldrulic or manual lift for the mower deck or other attackments. Garden tractors can have standard or hydrostatic transmistion the older JOHN DEERe modles and a vareable speed on the side. Garden tractors have gas powerd engines adn self propeled. engines types in garden tractors are mainly Kholer, Thcumsh, Brigs and straton and Kalasiki.