Pigeon peas, or as locally known – mbaazi, is a perennial legume that is loved for its nutritional value. Raw, mature green seeds of pigeon peas can be eaten as vegetables but in Kenya, the dry grains ...

The lowly pigeon pea offers many benefits to akamai gardeners. Not only is it a drought-tolerant, small and attractive tree but it also offers an edible crop and fixes nitrogen. As the leaves of ...

Peas are one of my all-time favourite vegetables to grow in the garden. They’re fun, rewarding and taste incredible — and if ...

For gardeners who lament the arrival of summer because it means pea season is over, consider the venerable pigeon pea -- a hardy perennial that can produce successive harvests during the year. The ...

Harvesting typically occurs five to six months post-planting, when pods have turned brown and dried on the plant. [Courtesy] Pigeon pea, a drought-tolerant crop, holds significance for small-scale ...

It’s time to think about planting peas. When I think about peas I think of standing in my mother’s northern garden in the summer sunshine eating peas right off the vine. I frequently had to be ...

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Here’s a special plant that is perfect for the tropical home garden: the bean tree, or frijol de palo in Spanish. More commonly called pigeon pea or gandul in English, Cajanus cajan arrived in the New ...

During the dry season in Costa Rica, when the vegetation turns brown and the soil hardens, it’s difficult to grow any crops. But there is one plant that provides a bountiful harvest at this time of ...