Jun
07
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. The most exciting time for a vegetable gardener has come – the harvest. My first harvest of the year is my Burpeeana Early peas. It took to the 11th week to get my first harvest. The estimated harvest date was Sunday, May 23rd. …
Jun
07
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. At about the 9 week point my Burpeeana Early peas began to show signs of flowering. The flowers are white in color. From the point in which the flowers show up until the peas are mature to harvest will probably be around 1 …
May
15
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. My Burpeeana Early peas have now reached the top of the support I set up for them. But I am not concerned about them exceeding it as the pea plants are close enough together to grab each other for more support. At this …
May
11
Click here to read all my posts regarding this variety of pea. These peas have been growing good lately. The rain and cool nights have been a gift to these peas. Tendrils are shooting out everywhere. Since the plants are so close together they are even using each other to reach for the sky. If things …
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 …
Mar
22
Yesterday I made my first outdoor planting of the season – I planted 1 packet (1 oz) of Burpeeana Early peas. I have a ton of containers that were left by the previous tenant where I live, so I decided to plant these peas in a container. Since peas grow upward on vines and they …
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 …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) 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.
