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Re: your mail (Blackeye Peas in Zone 8)

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Shirley,
Eating those delicious blackeye peas won't be a problem (I like mine with
salt pork or smoked ham hocks).
Well my tag line came true. I waited for the pods to dry out. Not only
did the pods dry	but the whole plant did. One crop and "poof" dead
plants. I got about 2 cups of shelled peas from 8 plants. I figure to get
a good mess of them I will have to plant my whole yard with them later
this summer for the fall crop :) Here in my area we went from too cool
for tomato blooms to set, to, to hot for anything to live outside.
Since this was my first garden this year I will most certainly plant
closer to my last frost date next year.

Dale Clark
San Antonio, TX
Zone 8
Where plants don't freeze....they fry.

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 18:23:14 -0400 (EDT) Shirley Lindsey
<slindsey@vielle.datasys.net> writes:

>Sorry Dale, I didn't catch that first post until someone mentioned it.
>
>I grew up on a farm in South Georgia and black-eyed peas were, and 
>are, 
>grown by most everyone with a garden. When the hull is full and the 
>peas 
>are still green is the best time to pick them and cook them. I agree 
>that 
>strips of bacon is the best seasoning. In the South we season most all 
>our 
>vegetables with some kind of meat. That's a matter of taste. 
>
>If you let the peas stay on the vine too long, they'll start to harden 
>and
>dry. They're still edible, but not as good. Some people wait til all 
>are
>ready to pick, but we always picked them as they became full, but 
>still
>green. They will continue to produce for awhile that way. 
>
>By the way, they will taste different from dried, but very good.
>
>Let me know how you like them.
>Shirley
>      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>      slindsey@vielle.datasys.net                     Valdosta, GA
>
>
>

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