Radish

The Daicon radish, also called the "tiller radish" because it makes a large, long root that opens up the soil, is also a very vigorous grower.  It is one of the cover crop forage plants we are experimenting with.   In the northwest blueberry field, after a summer crop of cowpeas, we planted a mixture of radish, oats and hairy vetch (a legume).  The radish came on strong and is starting to shade out the others, so we brought the sheep in to graze it down a bit. 

Here is Heidi and a closer look at the forage.

A closeup of the radish plant showing its large root coming up out of the ground.   These are actually good to eat.