I see the minimalism in this, even though your post does make it sound like an awful lot of work. Once you get your systems down, all this takes much less time than it does at first.
You've reminded me of a maxim I heard somewhere, and do try to live by:'
In retrospect, it would have been far more digestible and minimalism to just stick to that last maxim.
A lot of people get overwhelmed by gardening or any other project coz they can't 'chunk' it like this - you and I know that systems and chunks make it far less work than that.