Best way to manage weeds is to always keep it planted! No-till beds are naturally low weeds since you are not constantly dragging dormant seed to the soil surface. Plus any weeds that do pop up are super easy to deal with using a wire weeder— the soil structure and tilth is so light and airy, all it takes is a quick pass up and down each bed. Probably takes 30 seconds to ‘weed’ an entire 50ft bed assuming you do so regularly and never allow those thread stage weeds to take hold.

We do use cover cropping on a rotational basis. Usually will be planted in summer and terminated/tarped in autumn which creates an excellent insulating layer of mulch and keeps soil covered through the shoulder seasons. 🌱