Peas are delicious when fresh picked and beat shop brought hands down, they can be eaten straight from the pods with no cooking. Many people who grow their own peas say that half are grown to eat whilst picking the other half of their harvest.
When to sow Peas: March to June (dependent on variety)
When to harvest Peas: May to October (dependent on variety)
How to Grow Peas:
Sow peas either direct or in modules as they can be transplanted.
The best way to plant direct (or plant out if grown in pots), it to dig a trench appr 6 inch deep and half fill with well rotted manure or compost. Place the seed or the seedling into the trench then back fill the trench.
Support is needed for most varieties and this can be providing by using garden netting or chicken wire and needs to only be around 1 meter high unless you are growing a tall variety.
Sow successionally to ensure a regular harvest with not gluts (to many peas ready at one time).
How to Harvest Peas:
Pick Peas ready to ensure the plant does not stop produce pods, pick when the pod is green and hasnt dried out, they will be around 3 inches long.
They can be eaten fresh, cooked or frozen for use later.
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