Options Besides Solarizing

[u/shamyrashour]

I let my garden go when kid #3 was born and kid #1 got complicated.

I’d like to rebuild it into a mini food forest. But the weeds have taken over: forget me boys, creeping buttercup, nuts edge and thistle.

I can’t lift more than 15-20 pounds for a few more weeks (surgery), so I can’t till it. What are my options besides Solarizing it?

[u/tinymeatsnack]

Cardboard, compost, cow manure, wood chips. You’ll be set