Got a question about this method. So I have a 2 acre area that was cleared out and unfortunately, the dirt was turned over in a good bit of it burying some stumps. The "good" soil looks gray on top, but the other stuff looks like a mixture of clay and sand. I've limed it two years now and the pH is back up near 6. I re-limed again this year, but haven't re-tested. Each liming has brought the soil up .5-.7 so this one should get it well over six.

Anyway, the last two years haven't produced much in the way of a food plot, even with rye last year, although last year that could be because of the drought. This summer I let it grow up hoping to use this method, but its still patchy in places and the weeds are thin in others (meaning you can see the dirt). Will this method still work? I really see this as the only way (other than topsoil) to put some organic matter back on top of this soil.

If I do it, what do I use the first year? Just rye and crimson clover?