Re: Fall vegetables
- Subject: Re: Fall vegetables
- From: D* W* <v*@islandnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 15:45:55 -0700
yarrow@sfo.com wrote:
It's getting a little late for peas, and here the birds will eat
any pea greens they can get, -
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I tried planting late peas without much success as most years it
would take too long for the peas to mature enough to eat. Sugar peas
are more useful as a late crop because all one needs are the pods -
no need to wait for the peas inside to fatten up.
Now I have discovered something new - something your birds know - you
can eat pea shoots, the tops of the plants. I searched Google Images
for "pea shoots" and found lots of photos and instructions for
cooking. I think I'll try a few seeds this year - perhaps I should
start them growing inside first and then plant them out when the
seeds sprout.
Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate
mild rainy winters, mild dry summers
