Sugar Magnolia peas throwing a flower party with their friends the Mighty Mustard Mix. It can be hard to remember that this is what the field looked like only a short while ago. Before things turned to pods and seeds. And cleared fields and cold feet. But each of these seeds has a little flower … More Remember This Summer’s Flower Parties
Bringing in the pea seed harvest. We let the plants mostly dry down in the field then cut and remove the trellis At this point you can easily pull the whole plants out of the ground and stack them on tarps. We bring them back to the greenhouse where we’ll thresh them in the next … More Bringing in the pea seed harvest
You would think beans and peas would be a natural fit for #seedsavingformarketgrowers They are selfers and don’t cross much. They are pretty much all open pollinated, so you can easily save solid market varieties. And they are fun to shell!!! But, if you’re a market gardener, I don’t think beans and peas should be … More You Can’t Pick Your Bean And Save It Too