Asparagus pea will tolerate the same sort of arid, worn-out ground preferred by nasturtiums. Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand ...

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 ...

A staple of the summer garden, peas are among the easy-to-grow vegetables that'll thrive in shady areas. Lathyrus oleraceus (formerly Pisum sativum) is the scientific name covering several pea ...

'Burpeeana Early': Bred by Burpee, this pea grows 3-inch pods, each with eight to 10 peas. Burpeeana is a bush pea that grows to 24 inches in height with an 8-inch spread. 'Alderman': This is a ...

Peas are one of my all-time favourite vegetables to grow in the garden. They’re fun, rewarding and taste incredible — and if you’re wondering when to plant peas, it's about time we get to work.

Farmers across the world produce between 10 and 13 million tons of field pea every year. That makes it a top legume crop, just behind dry beans and chickpeas. But as the global climate changes and ...

Farmers in Montana, and other parts of the Northern Great Plains, are shifting from cereal mono-cropping to a cereal-dry pea cropping system. This transition is not without its share of unknowns, ...