re: Did You Ever Shell Peas Growing Up?

My great grandparents had a farm in southwest Alabama. Spent many summer afternoons under their carport shelling purple hulls. They had a catfish pond, still raised chickens, but since they were older they didn't farm as much. Tons of land out there, but they mostly just grew for themselves and other nearby family. I'm taking my daughter there one weekend this summer to fish and visit the family. They passed it down to one of my mom's cousins a few years before they passed on and it is still in the family 20 years later.

And we have planted a garden this year, and I specifically planted purple hulls so I could pass on the tradition to my kids.