Growing Black-Eyed Peas

by | Nov 19, 2010 | peas

Black-eyed peas have many names.  They are called field peas, Southern peas, cowpeas, crowder peas, and some 50 other names.  Whatever the name, up until the Civil War, black-eyed peas were grown primarily to feed cattle.  Some may have been eaten by slaves, but free...