All I'm saying, is give PEAS a chance...

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Give Peas a Chance

This is the pea seeds for my potager for the growing season 2011. This year I get my heirloom pea seeds from Seed Savers Exchange in US

 and from some local seed suppliers Lord Nelson, Weibulls and Runåbergs fröer.

1. ‘Blue Podded Shelling Pea’ Pisum sativum a.k.a Blauwschokkers, Purple pods and beautiful pink/purple flowers.
2. 'Carouby de Mausanne’ Pisum sativum
3. ‘Gigante Svizzero Pisum sativum a tall growing pea, you can absolutely eat the whole pods.
4. ‘Maiperle' Pisum sativum, this as an old delicatessen in my family. We enjoy eating the whole pods like this. Boil them very soft and dip them into some melted butter (in an eggcup) and put them into you mouth and then pull out the end tip which is not eaten.
5. ‘Green Arrow Pea’, Pisum sativum  an English variety, medium-size vines 24-28”, 60-70cm tall. The peas are small dark green peas. Very heavy, reliable yield.
6. ‘Noorman’ Pisum sativum. 'Noorman' provides a large amount of sweet and early peas. Easy-to-pick variety that gives high yield of small cultivated area. The pods are eaten whole, fresh or lightly cooked. Thrives in rich in organic and well drained soil. ‘Noorman’ is a 100 cm tall plant that needs to be supported.

Nutrition value

-Peas are high in vitamin A, vitamin C, B vitamins and lutein. Dry weight is about one-quarter protein and one-quarter sugar. [14] Pea seed peptide fractions have less ability to scavenge free radicals than glutathione, but greater ability to chelate metals and inhibit linoleic acid oxidation. wikipedia

This is how I grow my PEAS

I soak the dry seeds overnight before sowing, The peas are not very fussy with the soil as long as it isn’t too much clay or sand in it, if so add some good compost or topsoil. But as everything else in my potager it thrives in rich organic well drained soil. I pick a sunny but not a hot spot for my peas. They like to grow in rather cool place. I plant my peas about 3 cm deep and 6" (15 cm) apart.

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