I made the colossal mistake of allowing my neighbor to drive his tractor cultivator over an acre of my land. It has been ripped up thoroughly. After beating myself up over what I had done, I am resolved to repair and prepare this area for planting vegetables this spring. I am in the southeast, the soil is red clay and was covered with grass and weeds, it hasn't been planted in a few years from what I gathered from the previous owner. I have access to fresh and old manure, straw, grass clippings, leaves, pine straw, newspapers, etc. The land is shaped like an amphitheater with a total of three levels gently sloping towards the "stage." Anybody have a recipe that will get some good yields?