Chemical fertilizers supply the minerals and nutrients.
So, manure is a big help.
Leaves and wood chips might take long time to break down, but would help.
Then plant alfalfa, or other deeply rooted crop. They go down and make a fat root so your ground gets OM deeper, as well as pulling up into rents from down low. Likely have to add commercial fertilizers to feed the alfalfa.
Other cover crops like tillage radish, turnips, and some grasses that grow a big deep root system, if you don't want alfalfa.
Typically small grains do better than longer season row crops, in such soils.
Anyhow, manure is best.
Leaves and other compost stuff is next best.
Growing a 'crop' that puts don deep roots will help.
Another thing is fence it, and feed some cattle or other grazing critters, put the round hay bales here and there, they will place the manure themselves, and the wasted hay will help build the soil. This is a lot of work likely not for you, but it would be a way.
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