We are doing a permaculture garden. This method will work on any ground, even rocky ground. It’s also easier than other methods. No tilling, no digging. Check Back To Eden Gardening on YouTube.
If the stores are sold out of mulch or wood chips, check with a tree removal service.
on craigs list in my area, in the “free” section sometimes the tree trimmers will offer to deliver huge amts of wood chips for free...we got a huge amount of them and it took my husband 100 wheelbarrows full to get them down to the garden, where I distributed them mostly between the raised beds....it’s really helped with the weeds and hopefully, I’ll get a some more this spring...