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P8riot wish I had the room you have. I have been expanding my garden every year as I become more confident in what I am doing. This thread (hosted by Gardengirl and Gabz last year) was a great help.
My secret is chickens. I "free range a few dozen fryers" in
"chicken tractors" in the areas I want to plant the following year. The chickens take care of bugs, grubs, and weed seed, scratch up the soil all while adding nitrogen. They do almost all of my prep work for me, all I have to do is turn it over a couple of times and plant. The chickens love it as it is their natural diet, and they are better tasting than anything you can get in the store (if you don't mind processing them).
During the growing season I turn my layers loose in the garden and they take care of any bugs that attack my plants, and keep down the weeds as well. They REALLY like Japanese beetles.
This isn't "organic" farming. This is "natural" farming.