One Weird Trick to Fix Farms Forever

[DreamGypsy]

4. Our crop is perennial ...

...blueberries. However, the middles between the rows of plants and all the working areas around the fields are planted with grass. The grassy middles allow cultivation activity to occur with reduced soil compaction and without producing lots of mud. I mow frequently during the growing season so the plant material is incorporated back into the soil. Very little weed control is done in the grassy areas so there is a random diversity of weeds and fungus cohabiting with the grass. Lots of dandelions appear every spring, causing me to mow more than is really necessary. However, after harvest I let the little yellow heads take over parts of the fields because there is little other forage for the feral honeybees and bumblebees. During the summer areas of grass/weed that are not under irrigation die back, but the plants always return once the fall/winter rain starts.