Hello all,

Next year i'll be moving back to my home state of Pennsylvania, there I have 385 acres of old strip land... 25 yrs reclaimed now. It has plenty of fields with scattered black locust patches and good hardwoods over the high walls. Now the fields are covered in some type of sharp edged grass and mostly crown vetch. We have been managing the land with what we shoot and what not, but have not done much as far as food. So that being said has anyone had any experience with planting food plots on such land?

I know i need a soil test but I'm pretty sure they put down alot of lime stone then covered it with some 2-6 inches of top soil (not much). Lots of rocks to. We have a tiller to get the soil turned over. We have both fields that would get alot of sun and some that would be a sun/shade mix.

So the questions?
1.) What type of plants do you think would work well?
2.) Should I plant something to till under the next year for nutrients?
3.) Fall vs Spring plants?
4.) Go with food plot brands or with your basics (alfalfa, beans?)
5.) you get the idea i'm new to this...

Yep can't find much on QDMA sights about "reclaimed" land. Any help would be great!!

Thanks, CJW