Growing up as a daughter of parents who came of age during the Great Depression and World War II, I found summer to be much more than trips to the lake and July Fourth celebrations. It was the time to ...

Many vegetables that were planted back in spring, such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and snap beans, are finishing or have already reached the end of their productive season. Once the harvest is ...

Southern peas will be ready to harvest about 60 to 85 days from sowing the seeds, depending on the variety. Harvest the pods when they are well filled and have changed to a light straw, silver or ...

I’m going to show my Southern roots here a bit. My mom grew up in Southern Arkansas where butter beans and purple hull peas are a typical summer dish, always accompanied by cornbread. Even though they ...

Crowder peas, cow peas, black-eyed peas, pink-eye peas, purple hull peas -- these Southern peas start making their appearance in the market this time of year. Because they love a long, hot growing ...

A Southern Pea (Purple Hull Peas) Production Workshop is scheduled for 10 a.m., Tuesday at the Tabernacle Church in Dermott. Conducted by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program, ...

Growing up in a rural Mississippi farming community, I learned to value connectedness to the land, to the people who grow our food, to those who cook it, to those who gather at the table, and to the ...