dirk96 wrote:
has anyone used no-till methods? What about white dutch clover
no-till? What results?

There are some great benefits to no-till gardening. It will generally
require the use of compost and mulches. Here are a few articles:

No-Till Gardening by Jack Rowe:
http://www.floydcountyinview.com/notillgardening.html

Intro. to no-till gardening:
http://www.farm-garden.com/cornucopi...till_gardening

To Till or Not to Till:
http://www.mg.umn.edu/notill.html

Some links:
http://css.wsu.edu/links/no_till.htm
http://www.notill.org/links.htm