Lockjaw- Been thinking the same thing. Been watching a lot of Dr. Grant Wood on Growing Deer TV and he does something similar to what you are talking about. As he explains the details, it begins to make sense. I think the hardest part is getting started and allowing the system to work.
Yes I have emailed with him a little. Really nice guy. He has the benefit of a drill and a crimper. I think if I just had a crimper, it would help alot.
I will say this. The first time I really did what he talked about, he was still doing the Eagle soybeans. But I went in and subsoiled a plot, disked it, and planted it in buckwheat, clay peas and soybeans. I put about 2000 pounds of pellet lime on it and then a couple bags of 0-20-20. It was pretty thick towards the end of August, and I was thinking, I have to be nuts to broadcast this seed and fertilzer in it, but I did it. That field was just amazing.
I think what I need to adjust next time is to get in there and plant the beans/peas earlier. Normally I waited until after turkey season, but I think that is to late, especially when they keep pushing it into May.
The biggest obstacle for me, especially no till and doing clover, is trying to kill the weeds. If it rains enough in the summer where you can mow it, then that helps. But when it doesn't, then the plants go dormant, and that allows weeds to get a foothold. I don't like to cut mine or spray it when the plants are stressed. If it's just one summer, then it usually will bounce back, but 2 summers in a row, like we have had this and last summer, and you about have to start over.
If you just plant in the fall, its not a big deal, but when you want to have year round food, weeds are the battle. And on my lease, rocks. I prefer to mow with my flail mower, but.. rocks seem to grow like weeds too, and flail hammers aren't cheap.
