Oregon-based plant breeder and author Carol Deppe has spent decades developing varieties for flavor, vigor, productivity and organic adaptation, and has inspired countless plant breeders, farmers and home gardeners to do likewise. That work is embodied in this distinctive Southern pea, a soil-rejuvenating crop bred for earliness in the field and creaminess on the plate. “There was one completely dry plant with pods full of dried beans, happy as can be,” Carol recalls. The special plant, the result of a natural mutation in the field, was also much more determinate than the rest, with a more compact, bushier plant habit. Fast Lady is delicious fresh or dried. Immature green pods release shelly peas that are sweet and succulent. (You can also sauté the whole young pods and young leaves.) The cooked dry beans have a memorably creamy texture and delicate flavor. 65 days to harvest for fresh shelling; 95 days for dry. Photo and text courtesy of Row 7.
Care: Plant 3-4″ apart in rows 18-36″ apart in full sun.
Fall Harvest variety
Late-season vegetables adapted to tolerate both the heat of late summer and the cool nights of fall. Harvest in late summer or fall. See our Fall & Winter Vegetable Guide for specific planting/harvest times & freeze-out temperatures.
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