Second year garden so i would whipper-snip, (string trimmer) or mow. I no longer till as my till baby is long dead. My beds are raised so not knowing how you plant i would guess your soil may be a bit compacted from walking on it...and being second year.
I did the same my second/third year and really worked on building my soil and compost (20yrs ago). Definitely the right thing to do.
Next thing is to work on your layout and try and keep your planting areas free of compacting and establish a path. Or raise/mound up those planting rows.
Many methods and ways to get to good soil building.
A string trimmer will get right down to the soil level easily.
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