@collatz @BowsacNoodle I've tried various 'permaculture' or 'regenerative' techniques over the years, there is a lot of nuance to these things and a lot depends on the specific set of variables you're working with.

weeds are just plants growing where I don't want them. in the context of a high-density vegetable garden, that includes most things that I didn't plant, and the main problem is them choking out my vegetables.

I do minimal tilling (top 3" plus broadfork to loosen the subsoil) to avoid cycling the seed bank around, but to really get them under control would require at least a whole season of focused depletion (actively promoting germination, then killing them all before they seed, repeat over the course of a season because I have several different weed cycles to deal with). I'm confident this would work, and partially why I'm starting a new plot this year, so I can free up some space in the existing area that I can leave fallow and work on weed mitigation if I have time. Otherwise I'll just tarp it as a 'pause' button.