Comments on: Planning garden for spring and want to plant field peas.What are they? ? http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/planning-garden-for-spring-and-want-to-plant-field-peaswhat-are-they/ Garden Tips Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:49:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: reynwater http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/planning-garden-for-spring-and-want-to-plant-field-peaswhat-are-they/comment-page-1/#comment-978 reynwater Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:55:36 +0000 http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/planning-garden-for-spring-and-want-to-plant-field-peaswhat-are-they/#comment-978 Common name is Black Eye Peas. Super easy to grow. Be sure to plant lots and have fun shelling them. Common name is Black Eye Peas. Super easy to grow. Be sure to plant lots and have fun shelling them.

]]> By: fluffernut http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/planning-garden-for-spring-and-want-to-plant-field-peaswhat-are-they/comment-page-1/#comment-977 fluffernut Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:06:03 +0000 http://millysgarden.com/gardentips/garden-landscape/planning-garden-for-spring-and-want-to-plant-field-peaswhat-are-they/#comment-977 Field pea (also known as dry pea) differs from fresh peas in that field pea is marketed as a dry, shelled product for either human or animal food whereas fresh peas are typically marketed as a fresh vegetable for human consumption. Obviously you'd have to grow them long enough for the pods to dry and then have to shell them and store the peas in a dry area. Apparently you can also eat them while green and in the pod: Field pea (also known as dry pea) differs from fresh peas in that field pea is marketed as a dry, shelled product for either human or animal food whereas fresh peas are typically marketed as a fresh vegetable for human consumption.

Obviously you’d have to grow them long enough for the pods to dry and then have to shell them and store the peas in a dry
area.

Apparently you can also eat them while green and in the pod:

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