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Post by steev on Aug 5, 2014 0:16:36 GMT -5
Harvested more dry seed last week-end; I think it's definitely a keeper, having more than replaced seed in a hard drought, planted late; plucky pea, that.
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Post by silverleaf on Aug 6, 2014 18:51:03 GMT -5
Think pea and ham soup. Starchy peas are a great additions to stews. I like making hummus with them too. Hummus! What a good idea. |
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DebTheFarmer
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Market Gardener, Heirloom Veg Lover, Novice Permaculturist, Future Vegetable Breeder.
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Post by DebTheFarmer on Sept 11, 2014 12:02:17 GMT -5
I think we planted around a 1/4lb of seed and harvested 7 lbs dried peas. Very prolific. Most pods held 5 seeds, saved anything with 6+ seeds in it. Most was 8 seeds/pod.
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Post by galina on Sept 12, 2014 1:45:21 GMT -5
These peas have found their way into my seedbox earlier this year via a share from a Seed Circle. And this year was the first time I grew them.
They were the tallest and latest of all my peas. I gave them 8ft supports and they definitely needed that, certainly in a year with a rainy spring like this year. The lowest pods developed relatively high up the plants. But, boy they were worth waiting for! Most pods were very well filled with 6 or more seeds. Mine were not red, rather a warm, earthy brown. They are the pea equivalent of greasy beans, where you eat the tender pods together with the nutty, developed beans inside. Same here. They are not sweet but you get both a tender mangetout (snow) pod with the delight of little nutty seeds inside, both at the same time. Steamed, rather than cooked, these are just so good. And they come to the fore, right at the time when the first peas are finishing. Not a shelling pea, but a pea without fibre in the pod - a mangetout (snow pea).
PS: tried to attach picture, but the forum allowance has been exceeded. Will try again some other time.
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