No till, minimal weed, gardening

Since planting season is upon most of us I thought I would bring up the topic of gardening with full mulch coverage.
This method does away with tilling and greatly reduces the need for weeding, also you don't get dirty when working in the garden once the mulch is laid back down.
The plot shown in the pictures is in its 5th growing season, we started out with rocky glacial, very gravelly ground.
The first couple of years we did use a tractor iand a single bottom plow to break the soil as they say..
From then on the garden was mulched heavily throughout the growing season between the rows.
After harvest the entire garden was covered with a good 6 in of mulch and left to overwinter.
The result now is soil that is rich in humus and we have seen the earthworm population skyrocket.
We actually feel bad when we have to open up a row and use a four-time cultivator to loosen up the soil in the row because there are so many earthworms that get injured in the process.
Now as you can see in the photos every spring we merely pull the mulch aside put the stakes in, stretch the string from end to end, and proceed to use the four-time cultivator to break up the soil for the seed bed and then plant whatever type of plant or seed to its proper depth and recover with soil.
When the plants are up and out of the ground a couple of inches the mulch is then drawn up to the plants the entire length of the row.
The result is a garden that has no dirt exposed making it a very clean working environment, and the soil is continually being enriched by the constant flow of hay and straw being broken down by soil bacteria and earthworms. There is some waiting involved of course close to the base of the plants however compared to the conventional garden layout the weeding is quite minimal and there is no need for further tilling between rows during the season as the mulch decomposition and earthworms keep the soil fairly loose and aerated.