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 ...

COURTESY HEIDI BORNHORST Gandule beans, or pigeon peas, grow on large bushes or small trees. Boil or steam the pods to enjoy the peas as a snack similar to edamame. The plants will bear yellow ...

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 ...

Cook pigeon peas. Drain and put in bowl. Add garlic, onions, lemon juice and mix. Chill. Serve on plates of fresh garden lettuce. For seed to start growing your own pigeon peas try buying dried pigeon ...

Earthly Delights is an eight-acre organic farm in South Kona where Bonnie and Bacci Perata have employed as many sustainable practices as possible during their nearly twenty years on the farm. They ...