We are so dependent on rain which is fine if it's not a dry season! Rainy movie days are lovely. We don't get many days where it's too wet to go outside at all and I like weeding in the rain as the weeds are easy to pull out.

How much area do you use for the motor cultivator? I'm interested in the difference between planting in disturbed soil or not. There's a lot of gardeners who argue to disturb the soil as little as possible. But if you're gardening a big area for crops o don't think that'll work. Do you mulch?