rachelzedd:Cowpeas! We’ve now had three small harvests of young cowpeas so far! We’re
rachelzedd: Cowpeas! We’ve now had three small harvests of young cowpeas so far! We’re growing two varieties: California Black Eyed Peas and Haricot Rouge Du Burkina Faso Cowpea. The black eyed peas grew more like a bush bean variety, bloomed and started producing early. They produce white blooms that are yellow when closed. It’s very obvious when the peas are ready, they bulge in the pod, and the pod turns darker and begins to visibly dry. The red cowpeas grew more like a pole bean. The plants grew very tall vines on our bean teepees, and produced much later. The flowers are beautiful purple, and pods turn dark purple/red when full developed. They were much harder to tell when to ready pick, the peas don’t bulge in the pod like the other variety, they stay hard and smooth. we’ve had three mini harvests of the fresh peas, but I think I’m going to let the rest dry out on the plants. That is, if this awful el nino weather gives them a few days respite from rain. Cowpeas are now one of my favourite edibles to plant! They are super easy, need little to no maintenance, grow in poor soil, and are a nitrogen fixer. They also taste great. It’s now sweet potato at #1, cowpeas #2. -- source link
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