Even if you have good soil minerals, ph, etc, you likely will want to improve its other qualities. Organic amendments are great.

you dont have to "pop" the surface....just lay down cardboard and add your manure and castings on top. The cardboard will kill the grass underneath. This will save you alot of work. I removed grass by hand once and it took the whole day just to do a small area. Look into lasagna garden.

Cardboard, and newspaper, will always need to be covered with something to hold them in place. My preference has always been to put the cardboard, or newspaper, down and cover it with the compost/manure/straw/hay/ grass clippings/ shredded leaves or what ever else I might have so the paper does not get blown away by the wind.

Thanks! I considered this wisdom after I became overwhelmed. And my soil is clay making it quite tedious. Using a layering system softens it, at least.

Can anyone help me with my soil test results?

Some of these numbers seem high? I don't really know. I was just checking on the needs of individual veggie plants and noticed these high numbers:

Calcium 9,370 lbs per acre
Magnesium 919 lbs per acre
Fe (ppm) 40.3
Zn (ppm) 41.1

I'm wondering about potential toxicity? This is in an area of ground with erosion issues. Everything flushes into this area.