Hairy Vetch Seeds - Cover Crop
Hairy Vetch Seeds - Cover Crop - 1 Packet is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa) is a resilient and versatile plant appreciated for its beautiful blooms and beneficial effects on the garden ecosystem. By fixing nitrogen and providing a lush ground cover, it enhances soil fertility and contributes to a balanced, productive garden, especially when combined with other cover crops. It is also useful as chicken fodder and for attracting pollinators. Whether you're cultivating vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants, Hairy Vetch is a valuable addition to your garden landscape.
- Versatile Legume Crop - Hairy Vetch, a fast-growing legume, is known for its adaptability and resilience, making it an excellent choice for a variety of growing conditions. Whether as a cover crop, forage for livestock, or an addition to your home garden, Hairy Vetch is a versatile and valuable plant.
- Invaluable Ground Cover & Forage - This robust plant serves as an ideal ground cover, enriching the soil with its nitrogen-fixing properties, while also offering a source of high-protein feed for livestock, including chickens. Its dense foliage and purple blooms add an aesthetic appeal to your garden or field.
Net Wt. 10 G
Hairy Vetch Seeds - Cover Crop
Heirloom Grain Seeds
All of our seeds are open-pollinated, non-GMO, heirloom varieties with tested germination rates
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Self-Reliance For The Future
- Sustainable Living - Adding grains and cover crops into your gardening benefits the local ecosystem and improves garden health by restoring nitrogen to soil. Plus, grains can be harvested to create flour for self-sufficient nutrition.
- Easy to Grow - Seeds are packed in a beautiful paper packet with instructions for successful growing and germination in your own home garden. Each package also has instructions for saving seeds after harvest. Getting started is simple for both beginner and experienced gardeners.
- Quality Seeds - Plant now or store for future growing seasons. These seeds will remain viable for years if stored in a cool dry location. Our safe, non-hybrid non-GMO heirloom seeds are always open-pollinated, naturally grown, untreated, and selected to ensure the best germination rates
Frequently Asked Questions
What are heirloom seeds?
What are heirloom seeds?
Heirloom seeds are the types of seeds your grandparents grew. These varieties have been passed down from generation to generation. They’re old reliable open-pollinated varieties that aren’t typically grown commercially. Instead, they have a rich history that predates modern breeding techniques.
You can learn more about open-pollinated, heirloom, and non-GMO seeds in our Survival Garden Training blog.
Where are Survival Garden Seeds sourced?
Where are Survival Garden Seeds sourced?
The majority of our seeds are sourced in the United States, with a few exceptions when the seed is difficult to source domestically. Whenever we do have to source outside of the US, we ensure our seeds are safe to grow, non-GMO varieties that meet our standards for germination and reliability.
Are your seeds treated?
Are your seeds treated?
No, we do not pre-treat our farmer seeds. All of our garden seeds for sale are untreated, open-pollinated, non-GMO, and heirloom varieties. They are kept in temperature-controlled cooler storage until they are packed and shipped to keep them pest and disease-free.
In what zones can I grow your seeds?
In what zones can I grow your seeds?
The seeds in our collections are specifically chosen from varieties that can be successfully grown from Zone 3 to Zone 10 USDA Hardiness Zones. However, individual varieties have specific needs to thrive in different environments. Each seed pack has optimal temperatures for germination and instructions on seed starting. Consult local frost dates to plan your garden and get the most out of your seeds.
What is the shelf life of these gardening seeds?
What is the shelf life of these gardening seeds?
Our seeds will generally last for 3-10 years if they are appropriately stored in a cool, dry place. However, we encourage you to grow your survival seeds within a year or two of purchase. This yields the best germination rates possible and also gives you more experience growing survival food now. At the end of the growing season, follow the instructions on the back of each packet for saving seeds for future gardens. These new seeds for survival will be more adapted to thrive in the growing conditions where you are.
