Pigeon pea is my favorite vegetable to grow here! I tried to grow other vegetables (tomatoes, squash, zucchini, carrots, cucumber and etc.) but all of them were lost to pests, poor soils, or heavy rains. However, pigeon pea is drought resistant, nitrogen-fixing that lives for 6 to 10 years. I have not had trouble with the pests also except birds that enjoy munching on green pods.
Pigeon pea trees in my backyard.
Harvested peas (unshelled and shelled).
I was looking forward to eating the green peas hoping that they resemble sweet pea, but they are not sweet at all. Darn! However, the cooked ones taste pretty good. I will give the peas to my family to use them in the benachin dish. Yummy!
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