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Default Weed of the Week: Common vetch (Vicia sativa) [1/1]

Common vetch is a successful weed of herbaceous borders and shrubs. As
a member of the pea family it takes its own nitrogen from the air so it
doesn't mind if your soil's a bit starvy, and its large seeds allow it
to germinate in the darkness under your plants then climb into the
light.
Many gardeners don't mind it unless there's too much of it.

Historically it's a useful plant that can be grown as a fodder crop for
animals (cultivated kinds are larger, with plain dark-pink flowers) and
in times of famine you can eat the leaves and young green seeds (the
mature seeds are black and rock hard).
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