Planting During the Drought

It is a difficult decision to spend money on fertilizer, lime, and seed during a prolonged drought.  The cost of fertilizer has increased 400% since we began planting for the wildlife less than 10 years ago.  But, as the weather cools and the woods don their fall colors, human nature dictates that the crops must be planted.  This fall, surely, the rains will come.  So the decision is not whether to plant but what to plant.  The most reliable combination of seeds seems to be one that is mixed for the local area and sold at a local nursery and is appropriately called Wildlife Mix.  That mix plus the minimum amount of fertilizer calculated to produce a decent crop, and a schedule that would have the seed and fertilizer in the ground in time for cooler and, hopefully, wetter weather became our game plan.