So yesterday I harvested the first substantial amount of shelling peas! Don't ask me what variety they are, because I don't remember! Usually I mail order all my seeds, but these were off the shelf, because I have never grown anything but sugar snap and snow peas before. I just didn't feel the amount of peas I'd get would justify the space they took up in the garden. But this year was different. I had a long, newly dug bed that needs to have the soil improved, so I thought I'd grow thickly sown shelling peas there kind of like a ground cover. Figured the roots would add nitrogen to the soil and as a bonus, I'd get some peas. Well, man, what a bonus! Yes, I know that the 3 and a half pounds of peas I picked yesterday translated to only a pound of peas to eat, but the taste was so far beyond any peas I've ever eaten that it is worth it! I think I'll be planting peas from now on. And the sugar snaps are still on the menu, they are coming in nicely and I've been munching them while I'm out in the garden doing other chores. Should be harvesting them in quantity any day now. Snow peas got planted a few weeks later, so they are only just beginning to blossom.
I thinned my beets and noticed how the chard and kale got big almost overnight, but today it's all about the peas, baby!
I noticed one fat pod yesterday, so I'm going to hunt for more today. I hope I can round up enough "perfect" carrots and a few fresh peas for tonight's dinner. I'm going to try planting peas for fall. I've only done them for spring harvest, but I'll have a lot of space opened up when my onions are harvested, so I'll give the late planting a try.
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy! It'll be many weeks before I see a carrot. Seems to take a lot longer for me to get root vegetables than it should.
DeleteLovely peas! Like you, I have never really dedicated a lot of space for peas in the garden with the exception of a few snow pea pods for adding to stir fry. This year I am growing some snap peas and spotted the first blooms over the past few days. I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteThank you and thanks for visiting! I thought I replied to your comment earlier, but don't see it now, so if this comes up twice, my apologies and chalk it up to me being a newbie.
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