How did the black-eyed pea become a symbol of good luck? No one knows for sure but a good guess is that an ancient farmer, through practical experience knew that spent black-eyed pea plants could enrich his soil and therefore he considered them good luck.
As with all legumes, black-eyed peas have nitrogen-giving nodules on their roots and are for this reason often used as green manure or forage. There are five species of Vigna unguiculata, or black-eyed pea. The black-eyed pea is one of the oldest plants known to agricultural man. It is thought the black-eyed peas were first cultivated in…. READ MORE
for 
Speak Your Mind