For the past three years, I’ve started my pea crop by using the “gutter pea” technique. I know that doesn’t sound very appetizing, but it is a great method for sowing and transplanting them. Most ...

Add this small but rewarding vegetable to your garden. Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. While peas are ...

Protect the shoots from mice and squirrels with a holly barricade If you bury something delicious – a perfect package of protein, round, soft and expanding as it starts to swell into germination – ...

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Two weeks ago, I direct sowed peas, lettuce, and arugula, and it turned out to be perfect timing. Since then the weather has been relatively warm and wet, providing the ideal conditions for ...

One of my favorite things to do on a family road trip is to slow down and take in whatever town we are passing through. Often I spy wild purple peas climbing a rickety fence at a house or two, or ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...