50 years ago I worked hard 2 hours every day in my garden. Now I seldom work 5 minutes a day in the garden. It took 50 years to learn how to do an almost no maintenance garden. Once everything is planted there is 2 months of waiting to harvest day. I have 65 day crops, 90 day crops, 120 day crops. Harvest day is more work than the garden. I learned how to not have many weeds and grass. I never spray toxic poison for weeds or bugs. I learned not to have raised beds. I do ground level beds 3 rows of green beans spaced 18"between rows takes up less garden space than the old way 32" between rows. 3 rows of potatoes side by side also takes up less space than the old way 32" between rows. Strawberry beds are 32" wide 32 ft long with 380 plants. Tomato and pepper plants 18" between plants. Corn 5" seed spacing and 32"row spacing. 500 carrot seeds in a 10 gallon pot. Onion bed 32" by 32ft, 7 rows 4" between rows, 4" between each onion, 450 onions plants. Garlic bed is 100 plants. 3 rows of green beans, 18" between rows, 3" between seeds. Melons & cantaloupe 12" between seeds 20 seeds in a row, rake vines in a circle, melon bed is 8 ft wide 32 ft long. I get a lot of vegetables in a very small space. Never water the walk area. Only water vegetable plants. 3 rows of potatoes 32" long gets 120 gallons of water every time soil gets dry, about every 4 days. Water is low cost is cost me 61 cents for 120 gallons of water. Never try to kill very tiny weeds let them grow larger they are easier to kill. Keep hoe & shovel razor sharp on 3 edges, be careful never forget how razor sharp they are. Learn that each plants likes its own type fertilizer and certain amount of water and several plants need calcium for BER and certain plants are bug magnets that attract bugs to the whole garden. Every geographical location has its own, weather, soil, bugs, problems.