- Snap and Pod Pea Resources
Peas have been a part of our diet since at least the egyptian times. Around the sixteenth century more tender varieties of peas were developed and eaten fresh. Today only about 5% of all peas grown are sold fresh. The rest of the peas sold are canned and frozen. ...
story - Gregg Banse - Sep 2 2005 - 11:03am
- Growing Peas
... Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon Climate Peas are a cool climate crop and prefer the cooler moist days of spring. Make ... choose a variety or cultivar suited to your region. Grow peas during the cooler days of late spring and early summer. If growing peas ...
story - Gregg Banse - Jul 7 2006 - 4:47pm
- Your Child's First Garden
... open a garden-grown pea pod and they discover that fresh peas taste – sweet! How about their astonishment when the little sunflower ... creatures, and the seeds are a big draw for birds. Peas A great choice for an early crop from the garden. Since peas can ...
story - Michael Brown - Dec 11 2006 - 6:00am
- Market Gardening with Heirloom Vegetables
... trivia - did you know that Iceberg is an heirloom? Peas Shell Little Marvel peas needs only 60 days to maturity, grow on 18” plants that don’t need ...
story - Robin Follette - Oct 27 2006 - 3:39pm
- Garden Tour: Diversity Enjoyed
... to travel through the entire pickup week? Can the peas and beans be picked as much as you’d like or do I set a limit? Is ... Bean and of course snow pea flowers look like sweet peas, potato flowers (do folks even know they flower?) look like white borage ...
story - Beth Lambert Hook - Aug 14 2006 - 6:48am
- Stock Panel Trellis - Another Approach
... I used cattle panels as a trellis for beans and peas to climb. They are very sturdy and quite convenient. However, they are only 52" tall. I have peas that can reach 6' high and pole beans that grow much higher than I can ...
story - Larry Hepker - Aug 20 2006 - 3:54pm
- CSAs and Flowers
... and need to put their upick energy into strawberries, peas or cherry tomatoes . Those who do take them home have a wonderful ...
story - Beth Lambert Hook - Aug 20 2006 - 12:01pm
- Vegetable Seeds By Variety
... String (French) Beans Lettuce Peas Chili/Hot Peppers Sweet/Bell Peppers Radish ...
page - Gregg Banse - Mar 21 2006 - 8:10pm
- Gardening on the Edge
... soil in our raised bed boxes enough that we can plant peas , spinach , lettuce , and other cool weather crops. ...
story - Jeanne Prevett Sable - Nov 7 2006 - 12:37pm
- Living Mulches
... summers are warm or hot but frequently dry. Field Peas: High nitrogen fixers, field peas produce abundant vine forage and contribute to short-term soil ...
story - Gregg Banse - Jul 19 2006 - 1:59pm
- Blooms of Summer: Cut Flower Gardens
... "Stargazer Oriental Lily" ( Lillium ) Sweet Peas ( Lathyrus odoratus ) MORE MEDICINALS: Lavender ...
story - Kelly Gately - Aug 2 2006 - 4:15pm
- Benefits of Cover Crops
... into grains in early spring. Austrian winter peas , hairy vetch and NITRO alfalfa can provide 80 to 100 percent of ...
story - Sustainable Agr... - Nov 8 2006 - 3:29pm
- Succession Planting In The Backyard Garden
... with room for a late crop of bush beans. A package of peas for spring planting might be the norm but don’t forget about your fall crop. Peas hold up well in cold weather. I’ve picked them after a light autumn ...
story - Robin Follette - Nov 8 2006 - 8:12pm
- Fighting the Weather
... growing season looked promising by the middle of April. Peas, beets, spinach and other cool weather crops were planted earlier than ... a third didn't grow well. The only successful crop was peas. The rest were marginal or failures. Crop are sometimes replaceable. ...
story - Robin Follette - Oct 27 2006 - 1:33pm
- Heirlooms and the CSA
... dry like opening hundreds of special gifts. All of our peas are OP. We grow only edible pod varieties they are dependable and ... summer. Mammoth Melting Sugar is one of our favorite snow peas and Sugarsnap is one of our favorite snap peas. Our winter squash ...
story - Beth Lambert Hook - Aug 20 2006 - 8:25am
