If you feel you' ll get enough sunlight for growth, polts in the woods can work well. When first planting a new plot in our woods(usually at best no bigger than 40' x100' ), we like to tickle the soil best we can and then throw rutabegga seeds in. EXCELLENT way to break up the soil for further plantings. They won' t need to penetrate soil to deep(3" ) will work as they tend to grow out of the soil if need be. The deer ABSOLUTLY love them in the fall when everything else is dying/dead. Carrots also work well but they don' t break the soil up as well. Steve