Producing Perfect Peas
While Mendel may have made history with them and Linda Blair may have made them famous, it was Mother Nature who made them delicious. I’m talking about peas!
While you may have hated them when you were a kid, hopefully, you have come to appreciate them as an adult. Not only are they delicious and nutritious but they are also fun to grow. These babies grow up instead of out so they are perfect for small gardens. If you purchase the dwarf variety you, most likely, won’t even need a trellis. Just a few small poles they can grow around should be sufficient.
Like most veggies, they like a neutral PH and soil with proper drainage. Watch out for those rotten green worms (cabbage loopers), slugs and aphids. Most peas do best in cool weather. I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with transplanting them, so be sure to pick a sunny spot in your garden to plant your pea seeds.
Pea’s are a great source of vitamin C and Vitamin B and are delicious in soups, salads or eaten on their own.
If all of these reasons don’t convince you then maybe their delicate, little flowers will. They make a great addition to any garden and are not only bountiful but also beautiful.
Do yourself a favor grow peas!
Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Growing Vegetables.
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Comment from Andrew Perkins
Time: July 3, 2008, 4:37 am
Good article! I’ve found that transplanting is a good way to avoid my snow peas from getting slimed by the prevelant slugs in my area. I use a 1/2 pvc pipe filled with soil, and once the peas can fend for themselves, I dig a small trench and just slide the peas right into the garden. While they have done well on strings, I’m experimenting with other trellises so I can save a little more time.
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