hairy vetch

Most are easy to manage, but the robust grower hairy vetch can be tougher to cut and may grow back from the base.

Another is cover cropping, which involves planting crops such as oats or hairy vetch during the winter so fields never lay bare and exposed.

Common choices include buckwheat, annual rye, hairy vetch and clovers, and they can be used in no-till gardens or in conventional ones.

The plant is, on first inspection, a common member of the lowly pasture Vicia villosa, also known as hairy vetch.

Common choices include grasses and legumes such as hairy vetch and clover.