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Since you have such limited space a good application of glyphosate and 2-4d a month before planting woulda been extremely helpful for you to kill off the ferns and other weeds and keep them from competing with you new seeds. Ferns also thrive in low ph and low fertility soils so some lime and a bag or so of 13-13-13 would do wonders also. Maximizing tonnage in tiny plots takes the right combo of soil amendments, sunlight and rain. If you can make it a little bigger each year it’ll only get better! I started with something similar in size and worked by hand and dropped a couple trees each spring. Good luck!

Love that tool. Used to have 1 & got alot of use out of it until I lost it which is easy to do. Good practice for a golfer. Next year go in there & clear that whole area & just rough up the ground. Plant 25 pounds of Buckwheat in mid-May by just pulling a piece of rolled up 6' chainlink over the seed. Put a strap attached to the corners of the chainlink. Then connect a 5' to 6' strap from the middle of that one to a 1 foot handle. I used a nice hollow shovel handle that u can grip easily. B4 u roll up that chainlink place about 4 chunks of weight in there that won't fallout of the chainlink. A 6'×6' piece of chainlink is all that is needed. That buckwheat will attract deer while it's moisture content is good until it gets more mature with flowers on top. Then around the beginning of September broadcast some Domain Big Sexy or a different Domain blend that has small seeds. Just walk around the standing Buckwheat while spinning the spreader. Then all that is left is to take that little swing tool & knock that Buckwheat to the ground on top of your seed. When that Buckwheat starts breaking down which it is already doing @ the end of August it will nourish & trap moisture to help your new high tonnage plot. The next year will just get easier & u won't have to carry any glyphosate back there. I've only used 3 gallons in 25 years. That buckwheat attracts butterflies & bees which we all need more of in a natural setting. Hope your season goes well.

Best time to plant this thanks

Great looking spot! And getting a 4 pound bag started growing right NOW is perfect timing. You want to start pulling in deer early so that they will be used to coming to this spot by opening day. Looks like your planting 12 days ago has survived enough to get off and growing before too many deer showed up to wipe it out. That's exactly what needed to happen. May I offer s an observation? All that space with ferns growing isn't producing any food for the deer. You absolutely NEED to make a return trip with a weed eater, a rake, and enough seed to plant the entire open area wall to wall with a thick food plot mix. In just a couple hours with a weed eater and a rake, you could clear all the rest of the ferns out and make way to expand the food plot. I'd suggest seeding the rest of the plot in something likely to grow longer this winter than the clover in the Throw and Grow mix. Frosty Berseem Clover can survive fairly low temps. Winter wheat and Elbon Rye works well too. It's early enough to plant brassicas that will take the cold and keep producing some food. Turnips, forage radishes, rape, and others all work well. Deer will wipe out a small plot quickly so even if that entire space is planted to the tree line you will likely see deer eat it down to the bare dirt before the hunting season is over. Hopefully by that time you will have a couple deer in the freezer! Good luck this season. Stay safe and have fun. PS> Early next spring, get back in there and frost seed the entire plot THICKLY with Patriot or Durana clover, mixed with some crimson closer. Feb is usually a good time to do that seeding.. The clover will burst out thick and grow strong in early spring which should out compete the ferns. Plus it keeps deer coming back to that spot all year long.

Secret spot is really good the buck in my profile pic was killed over it last October

I know each area varies, but which do you like more? The No-Plow or the Secret Spot? I watched both of the videos and they did well, just wanted your opinion on which you felt brought in more deer. I live in NW Georgia and would be planting in some thick hardwoods behind a grown-up 2 acre field. Thank you!

So did you put lime down? Test your ph? Fertilize? I’m looking to put a small one in of secret spot, but I have to clear out trees, shrubs etc. So I want to make sure I do it right

Did you get a Buck this year?

Oh thats a horrible mix. Anything with rye grass is crap. I would of put loads of winter rye. But that me hope it turns out good

LOL....over half that bag is useless...over 50% inert matter another 8.75% ryegrass (which of the seeds in there is the most by basically double).....essentially less than a pound and a half this mix is worthless junk to give to your neighbors not waste on a plot space.