I usually disk up small polt areas or work them up with a roto tiller. Broadcast some 10-10-10 fertilizer and rake it in. Then I go to the FCX or local famer's supply and purchase a couple of 100 lb bags of Wild Bird Seed. This mix is made up of Millet, Milo, Nigerian Thistle, Rape, Sun Flowers, ect. and about 75% of it will germinate and grow, cheaper than certified seeds. Then I purchase enough certified soybeans, sunflowers, red and white clover, and Sorghum/Sudan grass hybred to makke up about 100 lbs of mix. I mix all of this together in a plastic drop cloth in the back of my 4WD pickup and broadcast it with a hand crank, lawn type seeder.
Then set your disk to about 3 inches deep and cut in the broadcasted seeds. This mix comes up thick and is resistant to drought. In wetter seasons it make a mixed thick wildlife patch that attracts birds, small game and deer.
We also have some fire access/logging roads that I drag, disk and reshape the water drainage on every couple of years. Rather than bare dirt or gravel we sew them in white clover and fescue. They get mowed about once a month during the summer until archery season opens. In the wide turns I sew a patch of imperial clover mixed with mixed greens like collards, turnips, creasy-greens, and kale. Fertilize these greens patches well. Deer and turkey are drawn to thier deep rooted growths of succulent leaves, plus your can pick several batches for yourself. The greens also grow all winter.
