Thanks for the reminder, will plant Snow Peas this week.
There is some variant of flowering Sweet Pea that occasionally naturalizes here in Silver City, New Mexico. We've had a number of single digit nights and they haven't died back all winter...super tough!
For several years now, we have planted our sugar snap peas on St. Patrick's Day. We've decided to delay planting this year (probably another 2 weeks) since we think it will result in a more bountiful crop. Last year, a lot of the seeds did not come up.
I usually wait to plant until the week or two after St. Patrick’s Day, due to the weather, but I’ve known of the tradition. My favorite early-spring veggies are carrots, greens, including lettuce, and radishes. I love cabbage for fermented sauerkraut but buy those from the farmer’s market.
Oh, how cool! I've never made my own sauerkraut! And yes, there are so many cool diagrams and illustrations from those mid-century garden columns. Maybe there's a whole newsletter in that?
Thanks for the reminder, will plant Snow Peas this week.
There is some variant of flowering Sweet Pea that occasionally naturalizes here in Silver City, New Mexico. We've had a number of single digit nights and they haven't died back all winter...super tough!
Oh wow – that's a hardcore sweet pea! Do you they look like a standard sweet pea?
For several years now, we have planted our sugar snap peas on St. Patrick's Day. We've decided to delay planting this year (probably another 2 weeks) since we think it will result in a more bountiful crop. Last year, a lot of the seeds did not come up.
I’ll let you know how my peas do!
That diagram you ended with: brilliant!
I usually wait to plant until the week or two after St. Patrick’s Day, due to the weather, but I’ve known of the tradition. My favorite early-spring veggies are carrots, greens, including lettuce, and radishes. I love cabbage for fermented sauerkraut but buy those from the farmer’s market.
Oh, how cool! I've never made my own sauerkraut! And yes, there are so many cool diagrams and illustrations from those mid-century garden columns. Maybe there's a whole newsletter in that?
LOL, it's a bit niche, but it could work for a while, I guess?
BTW, here are my easy instructions for making sauerkraut (great for gut health), and it's my 2nd-most-popular post: https://www.brunettegardens.com/p/your-basic-sauerkraut
Nice post and I think now when is St. Patrick´s Day I will remember I can start my peas.
Here in northen New England, the traditional day to plant peas is Patriots Day, which is the third Monday in April. I often wait even later.
Oh, how interesting! What kind of peas do you plant?
Green Arrow and Laxton's Progress #9, both shelling peas.
Don't peas get sown unless they have become a plant?