WHat do you mean "water bar type things"?

You can do a lot with a small disk -especially with small seeds (clovers, brassica, chicory - even oats / wheats)
but the key is really to have a good spray regiment. In food plotting - Weeds are your ememy - and they WILL win, its just of matter of WHEN.Grasses are ENEMY #1 since they are perennial, will dominate, anddeer do not use them at all.

A backpack sprayer is all you need, but be patient - and spray 2x if need be to get a total kill. Use 41% glyphosateand apply at the rate ofup to 1 quart per acre. There is no hurry to fail - and not getting a handle on the weeds is a sure way to fail.

Schuyler NY is a nice area - probably you are upland more than the Mohawk River area - so your soils are thin, maybe rocky Trust me - not many soils are worse than mine were 15 years ago. I still struggle to get Ph over 6.0.

If someone hasn't already told you - a soil test isnice to have so that you have a base line the go from. I haven't tested in 4-5 years - but probably should again (it'll just tell me to add lime!).

FH