A pic of Shelby sitting in a patch of teaweed. I’ve been lucky and just had it come in naturally. The folks I’ve seen try to establish teaweed from scratch seem to struggle with getting it started. If we could figure out how to successfully plant it….I think it would be a very viable summer option for our little plots with high pressure. It’s virtually no maintenance, no cost once it’s established. That's some stray black-eyed peas in the bottom left that I threw out in the field one day. I'm amazed the deer haven't gotten them yet. I probably just gave them the kiss of death by even mentioning it.



Here’s the same area at the end of last summer. Look at the exclusion cages toward the back of the patch. They browse teaweed heavily during late summer. Did I also mention that it’s highly nutritious….rivaling plants like soybeans and alfalfa in terms of nutritive value.