Wow.
So the year that I finally get it together enough to plant peas in March and I can't even plant the correct type. Arrrrg.
I planted 3 different types of peas, all from seed I got last fall at local hardware store. I THOUGHT I was careful enough to pick only types that are snow or snap with an edible pod, but it turns out I am not. Two of my 3 pea areas are planted with non-edible pod peas, Bolero and Garden Sweet. What makes it worse is that the third bed that is planted with snow peas was accidentally wrecked by my husband and our new weed-whacker, leaving just four plants capable of producing.
The kids don't seem to care and have been eating the pea pods anyway, but I tried one and it was terrible and fibrous. I asked them to stop eating them so we can let them grow to shelling size...I'm told fresh peas are amazing, though even the best shelled peas will be bittersweet since they are coming at the cost of snow peas for stir-fry.
Ah well. I guess we'll just have to wait for fall and try again. In the meantime, we should have shelling peas soon.
So the year that I finally get it together enough to plant peas in March and I can't even plant the correct type. Arrrrg.
I planted 3 different types of peas, all from seed I got last fall at local hardware store. I THOUGHT I was careful enough to pick only types that are snow or snap with an edible pod, but it turns out I am not. Two of my 3 pea areas are planted with non-edible pod peas, Bolero and Garden Sweet. What makes it worse is that the third bed that is planted with snow peas was accidentally wrecked by my husband and our new weed-whacker, leaving just four plants capable of producing.
The kids don't seem to care and have been eating the pea pods anyway, but I tried one and it was terrible and fibrous. I asked them to stop eating them so we can let them grow to shelling size...I'm told fresh peas are amazing, though even the best shelled peas will be bittersweet since they are coming at the cost of snow peas for stir-fry.
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| The pea circle is planted with Bolero peas...which also explains the bushiness. Bolero stays pretty short. |
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| A palm full of bolero peas. We picked them young but they were still very tough. |
Ah well. I guess we'll just have to wait for fall and try again. In the meantime, we should have shelling peas soon.
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