I absolutely agree. raised beds with no digging is gentler and kinder to worms and
other beneficial critters and doesnt bring the weeds up to the surface. Ingrid

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:54:07 -0500, wrote:
build raised
beds, sell the tiller on Craig's List and spend the money (AWA the rest
of your gardening life) in pursuit of organic compost. We grow veggies
in 7 nominally 3' x 8' raised beds. Five have a surface about 10"-12"
above the natural grade and the other two at least 8". We dug only the
areas where the beds actually are. If all of that digging was
beneficial, it was to remove native tree roots and retard their
intrusion into the garden.
Somewhere between zone 5 and 6 tucked along the shore of Lake Michigan
on the council grounds of the Fox, Mascouten, Potawatomi, and Winnebago