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2004 is Year of the Pea, so get growing
Plant some early, some midseason and some later
I still remember the large boxes of seed bearing the Porter-Walton name and bright-colored pictures. We soaked the seeds overnight and planted the long rows the next morning. Then we waited for Mother Nature to provide the sunshine and the other ingredients needed to make those seeds grow.
It was well-worth the wait.
The National Garden Bureau has designated 2004 as the "Year of the Pea." Fortunately, gardeners across the state can easily grow these tasty vegetables.
Peas are cool-season vegetables and do best when planted in the early spring. Try to get them in the ground as soon as you can work the soil. For naysayers who think you missed the planting time, most cool season vegetables can go in the ground until the middle of May.
According to legend, the Chinese Emperor Shen Nung discovered peas nearly 5000 years ago. By the Middle Ages, peas were stored and dried for food.
Dried peas keep indefinitely, so they accompanied English colonists to America and were one of the first crops they planted.
The three types of garden peas English peas, snow peas and snap peas are catagorized in the way you eat them. Botanically they all are varieties of Pisum sativum and belong to the legume family Leguminosae. Pisum is Latin for "pea" and sativum means "cultivated."
Snow peas, which have been grown in Asia for centuries, are popular for their flat, edible pods. Snap peas, such as the original "Sugar Snap," may be the result of a natural cross between snow peas and English peas.
All three types need the same growing conditions, but the way they are harvested and eaten differ.
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