The snap pea is an edible peapod that came into existence in the 1970s as a cross between a shelling pea and a snow pea. Snap peas do well in colder climates and for these past two weeks, local ...

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Even beginners can learn how to plant and grow peas, a garden favorite for thousands of years. Researchers have dated cultivated peas back to 10,000 BCE in the Near East and Central Asia. In ...

This week’s weather suggests spring may be far away, but gardeners can satisfy their spring fever by planting garden peas this month. Garden peas (Pisum sativum L.) are cool-season crops that include ...

In the spring of 1969, in Twin Falls, Idaho, Calvin Lamborn, a young plant breeder at the Gallatin Valley Seed company, crossed a snow pea with a thick-podded rogue type pea — yielding a most unusual ...

There are many benefits to growing a container garden, from greater control over soil conditions to easier access, since there is no kneeling or bending required, unlike a traditional garden. While ...

Poets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They may well be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it ...

Q: I have had much success with sugar snap peas, but lately I’ve been planting sugar snap peas and getting snow peas instead. Is it because the seed is old? A: I’m not sure the difference you are ...

How is your vegetable garden doing? Most gardeners who planted the recommended tomato varieties in July are harvesting large numbers of tasty Ruby Crush right now and good supplies of Tycoon, ...