Anyone with experience growing winter peas in the midwest (Central IL near Peoria)?
We recently purchased a small farmstead and going to raise chickens for meat and eggs and a handful of pigs every year. Looking for a plant based protein source I can grow and harvest myself and feed directly without needing to roast like soybeans. From what I've read they get planted early spring across Dakotas, MN, WI, and upper MI or in the southeast they are planted in fall and overwintered and harvested in the following spring. Too cold in IL winters for good stand survival but gets too hot, too fast for a spring planting.
Any other suggestions on something that I can grow?
We recently purchased a small farmstead and going to raise chickens for meat and eggs and a handful of pigs every year. Looking for a plant based protein source I can grow and harvest myself and feed directly without needing to roast like soybeans. From what I've read they get planted early spring across Dakotas, MN, WI, and upper MI or in the southeast they are planted in fall and overwintered and harvested in the following spring. Too cold in IL winters for good stand survival but gets too hot, too fast for a spring planting.
Any other suggestions on something that I can grow?
