Growing cool weather peas in this area is almost impossible but the Lincoln Peas do better than most. The vines are looking bad. I can see some powdery mildew starting. I could spray it with a mix of baking soda, dormant oil spray and Castille soap but the vines are at the end of their life with the heat so I’ll probably pick them Wednesday and again on Saturday and then pull the vines and dispose of them.
Sweet Peas
We pick these peas when they’re tiny and eat them raw, or put them in salads or steam them or stir fry them. They’re quite good just about any way you can think of to cook them. The mature pods are picked and shelled. I’ll either eat the peas raw in a salad, use them in fried rice or cook them with a little water, butter and seasonings. We love them.
Sweet Peas
Those little peas are so packed in the shells. Year after year, for many, many years, I’m amazed that planting one little seed will produce a plant with hundreds of pea pods that are packed with more little seeds. Of course, it’s that way with pretty much everything. The garden is such an awesome place to be! I find myself out there talking to the plants and thanking them for doing so well, but that’s probably not something I should admit to doing, right?
I’m not crazy about these peas canned or frozen but I think I’m going to can these this year. I’m about halfway done shelling what I picked today. A nap may have cut into my productivity this afternoon but that’s allowed on a hot Sunday afternoon!
Carolyn Sands says
You should try the canned ones simmered in milk and butter with a good amount of salt and pepper. Yum!
Donna says
I like my green peas and green beans canned better than frozen except a few frozen for soups and stews. That’s just me. Have fun. I love to can.
Charlene says
I’m so envious of a hot Sunday afternoon. I am looking at snow!
Tee says
Oh, you are killing me! I just made the decision to not put peas in this year (in Minnesota, we are just planing our gardens), but now I have to change my mind! I just do not have the energy for a large garden this year. Peas are so quick here, put them in and before you know it, it is too hot to keep them going. I might be late anyway. Sigh…
Dar in MO says
Those peas are beautiful!! They look so perfect that one might think they were artificial. I may have to try a few plants in my little garden this year. When I had my big garden, I planted a 10 ft. row of snow/sugar peas and we ate them off the vine before we got them into the house!