The oats are preventing erosion and nutrient leaching, building biomass above and below grown, feeding soil microbes...

The lack of available nutrients became even more obvious when I rotated chickens through it in a tractor.

My russets suffered from “hollow heart” while my yukons were tremendously knobby and misshapen.

If I were a new gardener and could have this simple framework in my head from the start, it would have provided me with great clarity.