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Cowpeas are not often the first plant we think of, but it you plant them, you can turn your garden into an edible paradise, both for you, the soil, and the beneficial insects that bring balance to the garden. Cowpeas will shade the soil to conserve moisture, prevent weed growth, increase photosynthesis to feed the soil biology, support beneficial insects, and enrich your soil with nitrogen, all while giving you a super nutritious and tasty edible crop. And they are one of the easiest plants to grow!
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Cowpea Seeds: https://www.nativeseeds.org/collections/cowpeas
Photo credit:
Root nodules: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/TomaszKlejdysz?mediatype=photography
Extrafloral nectary: “Winter Ant – Prenolepis imparis at Vetch extrafloral nectary, Hidden Pond Nature Center, Springfield, Virginia, May 5, 2022” by Judy Gallagher
Extrafloral nectary on leaf: “File:Viburnum nectaries kz.jpg” by Krzysztof Ziarnek (Kenraiz)
Assassin bug drinking from extrafloral nectary: “Assassin extra floral nectary 2839” by Pollinator at English Wikipedia.
Bee drinking from extrafloral nectary: “Drinking deep” by Paul Albertella.
Ant on extrafloral nectary: “Nylanderia flavipes extrafloral nectary” by Beatriz Moisset
Wasp on extrafloral nectary: “218/365 Paper Wasp – Polistes species at Partridge Pea extrafloral nectary, Meadowood SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia, August 6, 2021” by Judy Gallagher.
Soybeans: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/EnyPurwanti?mediatype=photography
Lentils: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Inahwen?mediatype=photography
Chickpeas: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/Nikolay_Ponomarenko?mediatype=photography
Variety of Beans: https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/jml5571?mediatype=photography
https://www.nybg.org/planttalk/cowpeas-and-the-african-diaspora-part-two-a-life-giving-crop/#:~:text=Genetic%2C%20historical%2C%20and%20archeological%20evidence,ancient%20times%2C%20including%20among%20the
Drought-busting Summer Nitrogen Fixer? Look No Further Than Cowpea
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/black-eyed-peas-nutrition#nutrition
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Thank you! Interesting information
Lots of great information. I grow all types of beans. Garden areas look amazing.
Thinking maybe I'll try them with sunflowers and vine tomatoes
Wow, fascinating! I need some beans to plant! Right now! 😅 Your garden is beautiful!
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OK… but can we talk about the constant gazing straight into my eyes? 🙂
I love your garden ms. Kara.. plenty of plants which are very healthy.
My mother told me that her father (born 1876) said that every garbanzo bean equals a drop of blood, so thus he encouraged that skinny girl to eat more of them!
The leaves of cowpeas are edible and healthy too. I pick the sprout tips, so they grow bushier or grow them as babyleaves in a container in winter and eat them raw in salads or stir fried.
I tried to grow them last year but the snails 🐌 or the mice 🐭 had them before I had a chance to harvest them. I'm going to try again some day.
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Just planted up a small bed of these. They grow well in containers too! This is exactly what I wanted to hear, I learned a lot too! Thank you! If you harvest the seeds green & plant them fresh, they sprout in no time!!