Beans - Pink Eye Purple Hull / Black Eyed Peas aka Cowpeas

Packet of 50 Seeds, “Pink Eye Purple Hull” - This lovely variety of Black Eyed Peas (aka Cowpeas) loves the hot, humid weather in our South Carolina garden as much as we love it in our kitchen. Easy to grow, these beans are planted 4-inches apart where the plants will quickly shade out weeds and support eachother in a tangle of bush and vining plants.

Growing: If your climate is similar to ours, you can sow these after your last frost date, leave the plants alone with almost no care, and begin picking fresh pods in about 70 days, or dry pods in about 80 days. We like to start a second patch in June, and begin harvesting those at the end of July. A little watering will probably improve your yield, but most years ours get nothing but rainfall.

Harvesting / Cooking: Dry pods can be shelled, then allow the beans to dry until there’s no moisture if you plan to store them in an airtight container for later. Cook dry beans on the stove, in a crockpot, or pressure cooker.

For a really wonderful summer or early fall treat, pick the early fresh pods before they begin to dry out and shell them for “shellies” or “shelling beans.” Shellies are fresh beans, removed from the pod. We like to cook ours with sautéed onions, a little broth, and cumin. Then add fresh summer vegetables like tomato, corn, or squash. The shelled beans cook down into a wonderful creamy texture we look forward to every summer.

About these seeds: Better than organic - We have grown these since 2020, with no fertilizers or poisons of any kind, just a little homemade compost, our native soil, and rain. You are purchasing the most recent generation of seeds from that lineage.