Apr
29
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. My Burpeeana Early peas continue to grow well. We had a lot of rain this past weekend. As you can see from the picture above the tenterils are really starting to grow now. It seems once they get a hold of something the …
Apr
23
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. It’s been about 5 weeks now since I planted my Burpeeana early peas. At this point they are starting to grow longer tenterils, which some are getting long enough to begin to hook onto the mesh neeting I have surrounding the pot. It …
Apr
13
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. It has now been 3 weeks since I planted my Burpeeana Early shelling peas. It took quite a while for them to germinate. We had several days with below 32 degree mornings, so I think that slowed down the process. But now the …
Apr
13
Click here to read all my posts on Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Peas. This past Saturday, I planted my second variety of peas that I am growing this year: Burpee’s Heirloom Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Pea (that’s a mouthfull). A snow pea is a pea that is flat and the pod is edible. The variety …
Feb
26
After successfully growing peas (sugar snap) for the first time last year, I am now looking more closely at the exact variety I am purchasing. If you have ever looked in a seed catalog or been to a store that carries a wide selection of seeds, you will notice that there are more than one …
Feb
10
Today, we got the biggest snowfall we have had so far this winter. So why am I writing about growing vegetables today? Because now is the perfect time to be thinking about what you want to grow this year. Below is my list of tips for right now to make your gardening this year easier. …
Jan
10
Now that it is January, it’s time to start thinking about seeds. Yes I live in a northern state where snow is currently on the ground. But now is the time to do your research so that when it’s time to plant your vegetables you are all ready to do so. When it comes to …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
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