Garden Harvests - April 24, 2012

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I had a busy week in the garden.  I pulled out two beds of English peas that were a snarled mess.  I don't know if I will grow them next year because they were a real pain in the butt to harvest and to shell. 

My electric pea sheller would not shell them, only the smaller flatter pods.  The Mr. Pea electric pea sheller gets two thumbs down when trying to shell English peas.  Hopefully it will make up for it when the field peas come this summer.  

I also harvested some lettuce this week and I got to eat several salads.  I know I should probably venture out and try planting different varieties of lettuce, but I have such good luck with this Great Lakes #118.  It tastes great and is easy to grow.  I have been using the same seed packet for a couple years now.

Here is my first lettuce harvest this spring

Here is a batch of English peas after I shelled them

Here is a basket full of peas, this was 3 lbs worth after I pulled both beds.

It took me over an hour to shell them, 

but it was enough peas to fill a metal bread pan

Garden Harvests - April 17, 2012

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The harvests are starting to come in pretty regular now week by week.  I am done harvesting all my snow peas and the total harvested was just under 7 lbs.  I also harvested a pound of Alaska peas and a small amount of spinach.  I should have some lettuce and more peas coming in just a few more days.  It has been super busy around my house lately, and keeping up with the garden, much less my blog has proved difficult.  I am sorry if I have not been commenting as often on others, and I promise when things settle down I will.  Take care.

Here is a small amount of spinach, I just can't seem to grow good spinach.  

I have poor germination and small harvests.

Quart jar full of Alaska Peas

Same peas shelled

Snow Peas and English Peas Ready for Harvest

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Today was a beautiful, sunny, and breezy Spring day.  We got a lot of rain yesterday and I think my peas and snow peas grew a foot overnight.  My trellis is 3ft tall and all three beds are at the top of the trellis.  My snow peas are loaded with pods and I should begin harvesting in the next day or two.  I planted the snow peas on January 3rd and the English peas a few weeks after.  I can't wait to eat some fresh in stir fry dishes.  I snapped a few pictures today in between cutting the grass.

Oregon Sugar Pod II Snow Peas

There are 13 flowers and pods in this little area the size of my fingers.

Overhead shot of the three beds.

Two are English Peas and snow peas are in the middle

It should be fun harvesting this jungle!

I was trying to take a nice shot with the sun shining through the vines