Cougars, I am in a similar setup and tried Biologic Hotspot last year and the buckheat, oats, and peas (I believe) came up pretty well receiving only a few hours of sunlight a day. It came in full around late August and was pretty much gone, eaten down to dirt by the beginning of October. Good luck. BTW, not endorsing Biologic but am on board with Il-Cornfed. I consider my backwoods plots more experimenting and "farting around" to see what will come up with minimal effort, how strong, and what the deer seem to like. This year, I cut some more trees down to get some full sun and planted some sweet corn and pumpkins in addition to the hotspot plots I'll be putting in. Will be interesting. Coming in good so far but plenty of time for things to go wrong.