The Fava or Faba bean is a member of the Vicia genus which includes most of the vetches. While a legume, it is a distant cousin to the garden snap bean. Other common terms include Broad Bean, Horse Bean, English Bean, and Windsor Bean.Fava beans are shelled like lima beans. However, the skin is [...]
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Hairy vetch is used as a winter cover crop to improve the soil’s structure and nitrogen content when tilled in or turned over in the spring.The plant is an annual and will die out. It is considered extremely winter hardy.Hairy vetch is often sown as seed in late July through August. Plants will germinate [...] Vetches is a general term referring to many plants belonging to the legume or bean family. Many are used as ground covers (Crown vetch) or as a green manure crop to improve the soil (Hairy vetch).Hairy vetch, a true Vetch in the Vicia genus, is often sown in the fall and plowed under the [...] |
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