PURPLE HULL PEAS: These are distinguished by pods that turn a rich purple color when they are ready to harvest. CROWDER PEAS: The distinct characteristic of these peas is that their seeds closely ...

A farmer might call them cowpeas. A grocer might call them black-eyed peas. A restaurant waitress might call them field peas. But they are all talking about the same vegetable — the southern pea. If ...

Crowder peas, cow peas, black-eyed peas, pink-eye peas, purple hull peas -- these Southern peas start making their appearance in the market this time of year. Because they love a long, hot growing ...

At this time of year, many of the vegetables we planted back in spring (March/April) are looking about as weary as we feel out in the heat and humidity. Production has just about finished now, and age ...

This vegetable is easy to cultivate indoors.

SOUTHERN PEAS: Southern peas are easy, productive and delicious. Excellent varieties include Mississippi Silver, Purple Hull, Whippoorwill, Black-eyed and Elite. They grow on relatively short vines ...

When you say “pea” to most gardeners in the world, they think of green “English” that thrive in cool moist environments. But to most Texans, a hot weather legume from Africa, more related to beans, is ...