It's Harvest Monday again and I suggest that you head on over to our host Dave's
Our Happy Acres.
Not much came out of my garden last week. Damn voles...
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| Frieda Worlds Snow Peas |
And, that's it folks, just a basket of snow peas, many of them wonky because it seems that Frieda Worlds can withstand just so much frost.
Appropriate name: SNOW peas. Do they have lots of strings? I can find any that I don't have to string, so I'll only try snap peas.
ReplyDeleteIt depends on when you get around to harvesting them. The young peas don't have any strings but they develop strings as they mature. But that's true for the snap peas that I've grown, the fatter they get the stringier they get.
DeleteWonky or not, I bet they tasted good!
ReplyDeleteYes, ugly but good!
DeleteMine always look like that. It's quite a haul. How will you eat them? Stir fry?
ReplyDeleteSome of them I will stir fry, but I like to eat a lot of them sliced up raw and tossed in salads too, especially the ones that are a bit overgrown or funky looking.
DeleteI'm not sure I have really compared the frost tolerance of snow/snap peas here. In spring I know the vines usually take some light freezes, but in fall I've never really paid much attention. Our big problem with spring planting of any peas isn't so much the cold as it is the wet soil.
ReplyDeleteMy big raised beds help a lot with the wet soil problem, but if I plant them too close together for winter production then they can get fungal diseases. I just pulled out the overwintered plants that were growing in the cages, they were getting funky. The tall growers seem to be a better option for overwintering just for that reason.
DeleteWell, that's one more harvest than I had! It's good, though, that you pushed those peas to the limit - you never know until you try, right?
ReplyDeleteThat's so true and I'm always pushing the limits to see just what is possible in my mild climate.
DeleteWe didn’t get to our plot to harvest anything but will need to replenish vegetables soon
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