Biodiverse Polyculture (USDA 8a Zone Pasture) - sounds better than "My Acres of Weeds"

[Mother of Chaos]

I need to get some daikon radish seeds. I read that planting some spread out in a winter squash bed helps deter squash bugs. I used to do that, then stopped for some reason. I forgot to plant some the last time I had butternut squash, and oh, wow! did I get squash bugs.

I'm starting some butternut plants this year for my neighbor, but she won't need all of them, so I'll see how they do for me. Butternut used to be my "never fail" crop... until the last few times I grew it. I'm going to try it again, and get some daikon radish growing in it.

FYI... the entire radish plant is edible. Some people will pickle the seed pods. I ate one raw, and it tasted like radish.

Great info!

I’ll add that if you’re planting as a cover crop with the specific purpose of soil aeration, leave it in the ground past the point of harvest, letting it slightly rot. OMG, the stink for about a week, but amazing for soil. And especially if you leave it in place to fully rot, adding its inherent nutrients in this nice new open vertical tunnel in the soil.

 

[NanaK]

There will always be weeds but your green looks nice!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

There will always be weeds but your green looks nice!

Not a weed if you planted it deliberately!!