Dear Readers ,
April ’s plant of the month is snow peas . Ours have stood up to grueling frosts , snow and 80 ° F cheerfulness .
Snow peas are one which you could eat the whole pod without having to pod the fledged peas , similar to the mangetout English reader will be familiar with .
Early spring snow peas
Baron Snow of Leicester pea are part of theFabaceafamily which also include fava beans , climbing bean plant and peanut . appendage of this family are a great sources of protein as well as being able to fix atomic number 7 with the root nodules which hold bacteria which know symbiotically with the works to fix the nitrogen from the air so the works can apply it .
If used as a green manure , you would drudge it in when the plants are green and at the flowering stage . This works matter will decompose down quickly , ultimately discharge nitrogen into the grime to be utilized by other flora .
To grow , they care phosphate and potash and a good fertile soil which has had batch of organic material ( compost , manure etc . ) contain into it . A lightsome soil will give you an early craw , whilst a sonorous Lucius Clay dirt will give you a later harvest . They prefer a cooler climate with plenty of moisture . Too much water when they are ripening will lead to mildew .
The first pea seedling of the year
Sow in spring or autumn to avoid the hottest part of summertime .
Peas wish to grow up pea frames or twiggy sticks as supports ; there are dwarf varieties uncommitted which do n’t require bread and butter . We ’re using tomato coop as supports for our snowfall pea plant .
Protection from birds is often needed which can be made from netting or crybaby wire .
Snow pea flowers
Other pests for peas include the pea and bean weevil , pea moth and thrips .
commence harvesting the nose candy peas when the pods are about 2 in long . These are with child in salads , a married person to dips or even as a soup .
Snow Pea Soup
1 oz butter1 onion plant , finely chopped4 oz dry out split peas , soaked for 1 60 minutes in water according to the pack instructions1 1/2 pints line of descent , veggie or chicken9 oz snow peassalt & pepper to taste
Melt the butter and softly fudge the onion for 5 minutes in a covered saucepan . Add the split peas and stir to surface in the butter . append the descent and masking , lend to the furuncle and simmer for until the split pea are tender ( around 30 minutes ) . Add the C. P. Snow pea plant and simmer for 5 minutes . Cool then mix smooth in a liquidizer or a hand blender . time of year to taste and reheat just before dish out .
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