Apr
29
Click here to read all my posts on Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Peas. This Saturday will mark the 3 week point since I planted my Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Peas. We got some nice rain last weekend and we have been having temperatures in the mid 60s for highs with belowing freezing at night all …
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 …
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.
