Spring to spring I had set off to grow edible stuff but it's been such a hassle with the need for irrigation and weeding and pesticides and then it failed to pr

Spring to spring I had set off to grow edible stuff but it's been such a hassle with the need for irrigation and weeding and pesticides and then it failed to produce anything substantial. Until I met with deep mulch gardening. The method I follow requires years to build up a healthy, thick layer of soil, but that's fine. Hardly any weeding and no watering, no pesticides, just collect and spread leaf litter others dumped nearby, make it 60 cm thick in autumn, enjoy winter, plant during spring and it just works. I plan to convert more lawn.