[Crowbob]

Amend the bed with composted manure, like 50/50 original soil and compost. You can get earthworms at the bait shop to give them a try. Worms eat organic matter of which your beds probably lack. You can get in the habit of throwing in your kitchen scraps like vegetables, rinds, etc. (no meat). Keep the bed moist.

Do not over do it with tilling-one pass. Using a shovel is even better. Over tilling breaks up the fungi that's already in it (if any) and wrecks the physical structure of the soil.

I'd bet by next year you can grow more tumatas and cluecumbers then you could ever eat.