Lasagna (no till/no dig) garden vs. tilled garden bed. Which is better?

Side by side comparison of lasagna and tilled garden beds. Irrigation with drip tape and overhead sprinklers. Links to videos mentioned:
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[@kathy6335]

Very informative! Love hearing you talk about what you're passionate about.

[@tractortotrail]

Thanks

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

I started doing the Lasagna Garden last year a little bit, then we full on this spring. A lot of the things you mentioned is the reason I went with it too. I made 30 in rows and put wood chips in the walk ways. I put more finished compost/woodchips on the rows. We will see how it does I guess.

[@tractortotrail]

Awesome. Let me know how it works for you. I have been meaning to put a video up with ours, to show progress. Definitely less weeding.

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

@@tractortotrail Yes fir sure less weeding. I’m hoping after a few a few years it will get better and better!

[@charlescoker7752]

Have you ever looked at the Mittleider Method. You can use it in the Woodchips, and the tilled Gardens. Plants need 13 trace minerals to reach their full potential. Have you done a soil test in both methods. To see what the soil needs. Just need to find a lab that does a test that test for what is available to the plants. A test a University does tell you what is in the soil, but not if the plants can use it. Mittleider has been around many decades. Many gardeners have YT videos showing how well it works. Will not destroy the life in the soil. Manures put more salt in the soil than Mittleider Method does. Does not kill the earthworms. Like tilling does.

[@tractortotrail]

I had the soil tested in our rows before we planted blueberries but not the garden. So far we have been happy with our yields and haven't really thought about testing it. Thanks for the information I will look into it.

[@charlescoker7752]

@@tractortotrail Mark McOmber in Pennsylvania. He is featured in the back to Eden film. Has been doing the BTE method for 10 years. He did a soil test a month ago. He uses composted Horse manure. This is the title of his channel. Living Life 11:28 Home & Garden Check it out. He shows some recent harvesting videos.

[@tractortotrail]

@@charlescoker7752 ok thanks

[@charlescoker7752]

Will you ever go all he way no till? Why do you use both methods?

[@tractortotrail]

I would love to do full no till. The weed growth is minimal and you are constantly replacing nutrients as you layer. In my area of n Florida it's getting harder to get free mulch. I used to have tree companies that were happy to drop of loads of wood chips for free. Now they are realizing they can make money off of it. I have the tiller for my blueberry rows so I just till in the fall garden with our compost we make. I don't make enough compost for both fall and spring so I use extra mulch from blueberry stash or pick up some cheap here and there from tree companies for the spring garden. We also get the most weed growth in spring and summer so it makes more sense for us weed wise and cost wise to layer the spring garden only.