I weeded two rows of garlic today and last week planted some Fava beans.  The rugs are thick and can be picked up to see the mole activities underneath and I can pick up worms to relocate where I wish them.  I do have an area with black plastic and thanks for the tip as I had not specifically thought of that.  I use underground soaker hoses and will have to mark where they are with the wire clips then lay the free rug strips down to walk on that are tougher than the plastic I have available locally. 3 mil. Near my ranch up north they sell 10 mil for wood piles that can last years.  I do use weed cloth and have a supply of it.  I have about 40 sacks of shredded leaves to rototill in when the weather improves and I have 4 compost piles of wire circles.  I add leaves&grass then some dirt then manure then leaves and repeat as the pile goes down. Water when needed also.  I am not able to do the three pile method of forking from one to the next so an old timer in the garden showed me the no work method.  I get composting starter also and dissolve it in a watering can and sprinkle it on also occasionally.

 

By the house I have a new galvanized trash can with holes poked in the bottom next to an orange tree and sitting on bricks.  I cut up all household refuse in it and have a tight lid and insect killer strip inside.  We eat a banana on our cereal every morning and the peels contain potassium and peelings and everything but meat goes in with layers of manure and leaves.  It goes under the top soil in our house herb garden every spring.  Enuff said for now.

 

JP and DeeDee