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@Cyclist Not really. I’ll need to do a little more hoeing with the compost from these over winter piles but it’ll mulch the beds nicely in autumn.
I use home made hot compost in the seedling mix but I only make that in the warmer weather. I have the material to build the pile in one go then and can attend to it regularly.
Every growing bed has a dormant seed bank within it that digging kindly returns to the surface. No dig/minimum till reduces that weed pressure drastically.
@Broadfork @Cyclist interesting to know you don't get much of a problem from seed - it's the regrowth from the grass in compost that I was wondering about, maybe because mainly ours is couch grass - given how much of it we have I've taken to either just covering it (card and manure, which usually has more couch grass in it!) or if I need to take some out just piling it up on an area I don't grow on that it 95% couch grass under a young apple tree.
@amberfirefly @Cyclist I always add couch grass roots to the compost and don’t have an issue later on.
I do have some small areas of my plot where couch grass is a pain, mainly from me letting an area get away from me. Weeding isn’t ever my favourite job!
If it’s not solved by weeding and hand pulling it out I will go back to basic no dig principles and cover with cardboard for weed suppression and a layer of compost on top to plant into.