Vetch includes herbaceous plants with tendrils and small purple or white flowers. They are used as cover crops and forage plants due to their nitrogen-fixing ability, which improves soil health and provides nutritious fodder for livestock.

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Footnotes

  1. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-2 2 3 4

  2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3