Ok, done reading now. Thank you so much for the excellent answers! So I'm leaning away from using wood chips and will instead use something that will break down - just to avoid having to rake back the mulch to add the compost/fertilizer.
I'm very excited to get started on this - and also have low expectations for my first couple of seasons, so if it all goes to crap, I'll just consider it a learning experience. LOL. I also plan on taking some agriculture courses at the local tech school in the next couple of years, because I want to get REALLY good at this.
Thanks again, everyone!
