I was so excited about the summer plot mix I had designed as well as irrigation on some plots. Unfortunately, the plots were hammered and/or eaten up with some weeds (the bad kind!). So here I am approaching fall with plots that are still basically hard, dry red clay with nothing to mow. I desperately want to do no/minimal till, but I have no organic cover. Gonna plant every plot I have with a mix of red, crimson, and arrowleaf clover mixed with oats. Has always worked well for me and should give me organic mass for my spring plantings. Gonna run some brassicas as a pure strip down the center where I can. If it weren't for oats needing some depth at planting. I would just break the surface crust with the cultipacker for the clover and brassicas. Dare I do that anyway and see what the oats do? I was thinking about keeping the disc angle at 0 and cutting for the oats as an alternative. It's still so darn hot and dry down here, I may be planting too early, but since I can get water to a lot of the area, I'm gonna try a couple of weeks early this year.