Saturday, September 1, 2012

Who is this guy?

We noticed that, it is  not only us interested in cowpeas at The 274Backyard, the guy below and his buddies were feasting on the cowpea beans on the pods.
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The 274Backyard need to identify this guy and prepare for him before next season, any volunteers?
What pest affects your backyad and how to you treat it? Organic treatments encouraged. We hope it not Cowpea curculio!

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Kunde or CowPeas

At 274Backyard this summer we had Cowpeas growing for their leaves - Kunde in Swahili. We have to prepare for next spring planting, so we harvested some seeds and prepared them the old fashioned way.