Shelling lots of Purple Hull Peas this year so I needed some help. Visit The Bayou Gardener in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana - Cajun Country at www.thebayougardener.com
Spent many hours on mamaws front porch shelling purple hulled peas. I LOVE them! Just ate two huge helpings of good ole Mississippi purple hulled peas.
Taylor Manufacturing is located in Moultrie, GA in little more than a tin barn. We have 2 of their 515 shellers. They will shell 2 bushels each every 8 minutes. This year we bought a HullerPro sheller & was gonna park the 25 year old 515. But, we produced more than ever & brought 'Ole Betsy' out of retirement.
Thanks, I've really enjoyed and hope to continue to enjoy your video's. Seeing them reminds me of back in the 1950's and early 60's when watching farming show's on television. See ya! Mp
Hey Willie, Once I found out just how much I love those PHPs more and more got planted. Taylor’s Little Sheller turned out to be just as valuable as the tiller for my tractor. Shelling peas has become a pleasure now and I want to plant even more. : ) …….Donald
Mr Donald you are so spoiled lol and your dog gives me the best laughs. By the way those peas are so good the only problem is i did not grow enough and you cant find fresh ones any where. I will grow lots more next time...
hey Donald thats a pretty nice pea sheller. I have shelled pea by hand my whole life. never had money for anything that fancy but man would I love to have one. Have shelled so many purple hull peas that my finger tips are purple. Great video as always. Robert
Great video Donald. We usually only plant enough purple hull peas to harvest about 3-5 pounds of peas, and we shell by hand. We are planning to increase the pea planting by several times next spring and had been discussing a pea sheller like the manual one that you use. After seeing your video, I believe that we'll skip it and look for something better.
@traptfan777 ... those purple hull peas have moved way up to the top of the list. Taste great, easy to grow, harvest and put up. Got to just love em........Donald
I would hate to invest money into something I could do by hand, but you're going through so much volume, its very worth it IMO. And if/when times do get bad, you're going to be happy you have it because the more food you can produce, the more you're going to be able to sell or trade if you wanted to.
I saw that pea sheller on one web site from your site and that sounds like a good idea. You do have plenty of peas and could go to the farmers market to see some of what you grow since many want it fresh rather than from Mexico, or other countries where you don't know what they used to grow them. The farmers market is growing in Little Rock more and they have more places now for people to get locally grown produce and get it fresher too.
More cities are learning to use the vacant properties which the cities have taken over to let the people in the area grow gardens also. I live in a rural area so we have land to plant crops and with so much of our food being affected by chemicals more people are awaking to the facts that they are poisoning their families off of food grown in other countries with no restrictions.
@SirChadwic ... not sure if the old washers would work. These rollers have a rubber covering that really grabs the pea with very little slippage........Donald
Hi WEBCAJUN: As usual You make a great video with good information. Would your sheller work with Pigeon Peas? Do the peas have to be dry? What is the name of your sheller and what do they cost? and of course the model number. Thank You for the video and your time.
The peas don not have to be dry to shell em. Not familiar with Pigeon Peas but if they’re anything like a purple hull, zipper cream, lima bean then yes it can handle it. The brand name is Taylor and the model is 675. They are selling for around $500 including shipping. I have them on my website…..Donald
@Rdrake1413 ... as many peas that I planted this year I needed one. I think my final total was around 140 lbs. of shelled peas. That's a lot of picking and shelling. lol.....Donald
@MrLarryHorse ... hey Larry, you can freeze em or can em either way is good. If you freeze em make sure you cover them with water so they don't freezer burn........Donald
MORE POWER! Nice. I wonder if you could somehow hook up like a funnel to a skinny tube with a curve toward the feeder that acts like a slide to automatically align them to enter under that thing straight and do it faster with less work. Like more of an industrial version. It might jam up, i don't know. It depends on how much you are going to process at a time and how long it takes, to decide if its worth making one. LOL @ ending.
@72542 ... the manual, hand crank sheller lasted a whole day before it started acting up. It was a waste of time and money. The electric sheller is expensive but it should last a lifetime. There are several on the "Forum" who have the sheller and they all love it........Donald
@wsarris424 ... if you let the peas dry out on the plants you could shell out enough to feed the family for a year and not need to can or freeze them. The peas are right up there with Irish Potatoes as the "Best to Plant" IMO...... Donald
I enjoyed that - although I was really interested that you called those 'peas' as if I saw them in the shop I would definitely call them beans! I'm in Australia! I'm really confused about why you buy the seed every year... peas and beans are so easy to save the seed - you just leave the pods on the bushes until they dry - save the pods somewhere dry and airy - and shell them just before you plant the seed in the ground!
Very little that can go wrong so it’s reliable. I’ve read where some say they’re still using one that’s 30+ years old. If you’ve got lots of peas to shell it’s very much worth it…..Donald
@59Gretsch ... I enjoy shelling them by hand if I don't have too many. One day I picked 8 1/2 buckets of peas which is just too much to do by hand........Donald
I like your new sheller, but I'd go with the economical one just cause it's so dang CUTE! What do you do with all those peas??? Congrats on your new pea sheller...no more cranking the handle yea!! :-)
Hi Donald.....Where do you buy the economical model....lol. That machine reminded me off my mothers old washine machine wringer...Probably would work too. Will you be canning all of those beans or selling some fresh? Take care and looking forward to your next video. Terry
@Praxxus55712 ... kind of like blackeye but taste much better. They are ready to pick in about 60 days so you would have plenty time for a crop in your area.......Donald
Donald I just bought a Taylor one just like yours. I got it at a action for 240.00. I was wanting to clean it up. It has been setting in a box in someones shed. Can I hose it down with a water hose? What is the best way to clean it?
I just need to shell 80 feet or so of php's. But instead of going all the way to China again just for a sheller, I'm gonna get one either in Carencro or Breaux Bridge.
The pea sheller is made here in the US by Taylor Mfg. If you go to my website you can purchase one there. I’ve been told I have the best price on em……Donald
I only have 80 feet of purple hulls planted. I was going to shell them by hand because I didn't know about pea shellers - gonna get me the little hand crank job. I had a Belgian Malinois that would sniff out cucumbers... but then he'd eat them, which did me no good
@marieatthelake ... This variety is "Top Pick" Pink Eyed Purple Hull Peas. Very hard to find the seed so when you do buy enough to last a few years...... Donald
