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Sat watching that video and wondering if you could first lay down a layer of black plastic with holes punched in the right places, it would eliminate 95% of the weeding chores.

http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-600ft-Embossed-Growerss-Soluti...

Course it would help if the garden was on a slight incline with holes punched in the frame boards on one end to deal with draining off the occasional two inch rain.




This actually already happens. There's a farm near my house doing it. I believe it's only cost effective for high-value crops, though.




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