Build healthier soil the natural way with Hairy Vetch, one of the best cover crops for the home garden. This hardy and vigorous legume is a nitrogen-fixing powerhouse, capturing nitrogen from the air and adding it to your soil for your next crop of heavy-feeding vegetables. Its dense, vining growth smothers weeds and protects soil from erosion. In the spring, it produces a beautiful display of delicate purple flowers that are a favorite of bees, before being tilled in as a nutrient-rich "green manure."
⭐ What you'll love
A natural nitrogen-fixer that enriches your garden soil for free.
A dense and vigorous cover crop that effectively smothers weeds.
Produces beautiful purple flowers that are excellent for pollinators.
Adds valuable organic matter to your soil when tilled in.