Planting To Fail (My row of corn dirt problem)

I like to try things that are a little bit beyond my ability. I've talked to many old timers about how to plant corn, but none of them told me not to till when it the ground was a bit wet. This results in small clumps of mud that turn into little sun baked bricks. I decided to try to break them up over several weeks with limited success. I've planted anyways and we will see what happens. Either way I learned a valuable lesson that I will never forget as long as I'm able to plant seeds.