Try turnips I put some in late last summer because I didn't have the ground ready. Well anyway, try putting them in when you can. The deer didn't really hit them till a frost turned the starches to sugars. I mixed in 3 different kinds of clovers with it for a summer food. This year I'm putting in small patches of just turnips. Where I mixed in clovers I don't want to tear up trying to add turnips.