hairy vetch
noun
: a Eurasian vetch (Vicia villosa) extensively cultivated as a cover and early forage crop
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Look for Legumes like hairy vetch to add nitrogen.
Grains like oats and rye to add organic matter.
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
Four species of cover crops – plants such as winter rye and hairy vetch, later removed in the spring – are key to soil resuscitation efforts underway at Deep Roots, 53 acres of rolling hills that used to be part of a tobacco farm.
—Carey L. Biron, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2022
Legumes like hairy vetch add nitrogen, grains add organic matter.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
Ryegrass, fescue, clover and hairy vetch can be planted now.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
Four species of cover crops – plants such as winter rye and hairy vetch, later removed in the spring – are key to soil resuscitation efforts underway at Deep Roots, 53 acres of rolling hills that used to be part of a tobacco farm.
—Carey L. Biron, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2022
Legumes like hairy vetch add nitrogen, grains add organic matter.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
Ryegrass, fescue, clover and hairy vetch can be planted now.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2021
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