I like to watch Mother Nature and try to mimic what she does. When someone suggests doing something that is NEVER found in Nature, I have to ask what benefit it would be. Mother Nature never tills compost into the ground. All she does is drop leaves on the soil in the fall. Then it sits. If She had wanted the soil to be tilled up, she would have covered the Earth with millions of hogs instead of cattle, buffalo, antelope, elk, deer, sheep, and goats. Since you cannot go back and cover your clay with mulch last fall, today is the best you can do. Believe it or not even clay will turn back into dark soil when it is mulched. Unfortunately it takes time. Now you're going to say you want to plant this spring, aren't you.
Have you heard of lasagna gardening? I've heard of it but I'm no expert. Basically you build up layers of materials (like a mulch) and plant into that. You might search Dirt Doctor for "lasagna" and see what you get.
_________________ David Hall Moderator Dirt Doctor Lawns Forum
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