First Sugar Snap Pea of the Season A Winner
As temperatures hit the mid-90s this week, the peas will begin to slow down. The first test harvest was very promising. Eaten raw, they had a nice snap and were as sweet as a Kit-Kat bar dipped in honey. Well, not quite, but they were still pretty honking good in the taste category.
When are peas ready? Beats me, but according to the University of Illinois' extension service, "Sugar snaps are at their best when the pods first start to fatten but before the seeds grow very large. At this point, the pods snap like green beans and the whole pod can be eaten."
More information about growing and harvesting peas: The Ohio State Univ., Tony Tantillo, Veggie Gardening Tips
3 comments:
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Thank you for the link to Veggie Garden Info. Your posts would make a great addition to VGI. Could I please include some of them? You can answer on the site or email me at Marc@gardendesk.com
Thanks!
By all means! That'd be great.
I have found Sugar snaps are best picked as small as you like. They taste divine and mine don't always make it as far as the cooking pot! If you keep picking regularly, more will keep coming.
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