No Plow is a good crop to plant in dry conditions, also you hardly need any equipment to plant it. They do recommend breaking up the soil just a little bit before you scatter the seed around.

Patriot15 - On the Whitetail Institute websitefor No-Plow, they say that August 25 - October 15th is the time to plant for N. Texas.

http://www.whitetailinstitute.com/products/noplow/

About halfway down the page and to the left side you'll see a section with links to 'Helpful Hints', there is some pretty cool stuff on there.