I am getting so freaking frustrated. Are there any “hacks” to speed this process along?

Hi y’all!

… basically what I wrote in the title.

We moved to our 5 acre plot about 3 years ago, and parked ~5 head of sheep and a couple head of cattle in the 4 acre pasture. I’ve been moving my chicken tractor around the front acre where I plan to make a veggie garden and plant fruit trees and bushes.

(I did come down with long COVID 5 months after we moved here, which took me out of play for a year other than composting and animal care, and then we had a baby which has slowed things down as well)

I feel like everywhere that has animals is doing better than it was before we got here, and I’ve also been composting food scraps.

My issue it that when I went to plant my spring flower bulbs, the soil is still so compacted. It is poor draining.

I have trucked some mulch in, but I’m running out of hope that I will have this thing thriving in time to really get any productive gardening done in the next spring/summer.

I just want to skip to the good part where my soil is thriving. Are there any “hacks” that can help me solve some of these issues in the next 4 months or so?

TIA!