Building a California No-till Garden

Recently, I was in sunny California, visiting my niece.  Had to combine a bit of work with a whole bunch of pleasure -- specifically visiting my niece and her family!  They were the pleasure part.  The work part comes in several forms.  One part horses -- part of my daily professional life as a media/marketing consultant, and one part gardening -- the no-till kind.

Helpers who had trouble with the smell of the composted cow manure were prevalent!