This week I've been plucking all the mature pea pods I can find in this miniature jungle...
I just hope the rest will plump up before I need to remove the plants to make way for my tomatoes...
Here's my harvest. Enough to give me--only me a side of peas to go with last night's steak and baked potato. Everyone else had to eat something green from the store lol.
Daphne hosts Harvest Monday each week, so feel free to check out her page to see what others are harvesting.
Hey...any harvest is a good one right now. It's been 3 months since i've had one.
ReplyDeleteI had that same side dish for lunch yesterday! Only me! I'm not certain that shelling peas are worthwhile in a small garden. . .
ReplyDeleteEG~You're right. I'm just feeling a little disappointed because of the space used up for not a lot a results.
ReplyDeleteStefaneener~I agree, and I probably won't grow them again. I need a compact massive producer of something I like LOL...
Maybe you should get a snap pea that is also good as a shelling pea, then you could always eat the ones that didn't fully develop. I always wonder why I fool with peas, as the yield is hardly worth the space they take up, but really, where I plant mine isn't a very good spot for planting anything else. It gets too shady after the neighbor's big trees leaf out, but it's perfect for the peas.
ReplyDeleteGranny~ There's a pea like that?!?! If I grow them again this fall, I'm definitely going with a pea like that. Any suggestions on varieties? Also, are your peas totally shaded? If so, maybe I can grow them in the back of the yard next time. hmmm.... better get your reply before I start planning!
ReplyDeleteI would think just about any of the snap peas would make good shelling peas. I'll let some of mine get full and see how they taste. That is, if the birds don't get them again like they did last year :-( The variety I'm trying this year is stringless, so should be easy to shell.
ReplyDeleteYes, mine grow in shade after the first couple of weeks of growth. The neighbor's sycamores are to the SE, and my lilac tree is to the east. They might get an hour or two of afternoon sun, but I think the house shades them most ot the afternoon.
I found this, from U. of Illinois Extension:
Sugar Snap Peas......
Sugar snaps left on the vine too long begin to develop tough fiber in the pod walls. These must then be shelled and used as other garden peas, with the fibrous pods discarded. Vining types of both sugar snap and snow peas continue to grow taller and produce peas as long as the plant stays in good health and the weather stays cool.
I gave up on peas because the rabbits and birds always get mine. I'm trying pea shoots instead with some leftover seed I planted in a pot.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet your fresh peas were great even if there weren't a lot of them!
I'm another one that gave up on shelling peas. I just don't have the space to get a good yield. I do grow both snap and snow peas though.
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