I just put my peas to soak and will plant them in plugs tomorrow to sprout.
I can't wait for peas. Mmmm.
I can't wait for peas. Mmmm.
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I have to wait for the Friday snow storm 
but will plant after that.
but will plant after that.lupinfarm
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You guys soak your peas? 
I didn't last year, just pretty much threw them in the ground lol. We had so much snow I didn't think anything would sprout so I tilled the old plot garden under, and in April I had peas sprouting all over the place. I had to rehome them to the trellis LOL.
I just planted about 20ft of peas this afternoon.
ETA: Omg! I just checked the weather network and we're supposed to get snowed on for the next week and a half!!! Sigh, I'm going to have to try and find the money to buy more poly now.
this sucks, I planted today because earlier it said we were getting average weather for the last bit of the month.
I didn't last year, just pretty much threw them in the ground lol. We had so much snow I didn't think anything would sprout so I tilled the old plot garden under, and in April I had peas sprouting all over the place. I had to rehome them to the trellis LOL. I just planted about 20ft of peas this afternoon.
ETA: Omg! I just checked the weather network and we're supposed to get snowed on for the next week and a half!!! Sigh, I'm going to have to try and find the money to buy more poly now.
this sucks, I planted today because earlier it said we were getting average weather for the last bit of the month.
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Yeah me too, last year i didnt soak my peas i might try that this year.
couldn't you cover your area with a plastic till the snow went away again?lupinfarm said:You guys soak your peas?
I just planted about 20ft of peas this afternoon.
ETA: Omg! I just checked the weather network and we're supposed to get snowed on for the next week and a half!!! Sigh, I'm going to have to try and find the money to buy more poly now.
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I will be warm again by Monday. I can wait. I used all my plastic on the quail pen/hoop house 
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TerryLacie, you live just a stone's throw from my gardens 
. But, other folks may have this lovely plant in their landscaping. We have it growing all around us! It is the Oregon Grape, Mahonia.
I use the flowering of the Oregon Grape to tell me when to plant peas - especially, those English shell peas with their wrinkly seed. That wrinkling shows that the seed is full of sugar rather than starch. The Univ. of Minnesota tells me that peas can take over a month to germinate when the soil temperature is down around 40F. That's a long time for "sugar" to be in the ground without bacteria and such starting to eat on it.
Snow peas (for pea pods) are not wrinkled and grow well for me under all sorts of circumstances. But, I wait to see the flower buds on the Oregon Grape begin to open for the others.
Oregon Grape is related to barberry, an even more common landscape plant. I don't know if they flower at the same time but should pay attention to that this year.
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. But, other folks may have this lovely plant in their landscaping. We have it growing all around us! It is the Oregon Grape, Mahonia.I use the flowering of the Oregon Grape to tell me when to plant peas - especially, those English shell peas with their wrinkly seed. That wrinkling shows that the seed is full of sugar rather than starch. The Univ. of Minnesota tells me that peas can take over a month to germinate when the soil temperature is down around 40F. That's a long time for "sugar" to be in the ground without bacteria and such starting to eat on it.
Snow peas (for pea pods) are not wrinkled and grow well for me under all sorts of circumstances. But, I wait to see the flower buds on the Oregon Grape begin to open for the others.
Oregon Grape is related to barberry, an even more common landscape plant. I don't know if they flower at the same time but should pay attention to that this year.
. . . just my 2
.Steve
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I just covered my two pea beds in plastic. I already have a polytunnel over the carrot bed. Its only supposed to be like a maximum of around 8cm, so not a lot... it'll melt off pretty quickly. Just annoying! I'll just throw some hot water bottles under the plastic the day of.boyd said:couldn't you cover your area with a plastic till the snow went away again?lupinfarm said:You guys soak your peas?
I just planted about 20ft of peas this afternoon.
ETA: Omg! I just checked the weather network and we're supposed to get snowed on for the next week and a half!!! Sigh, I'm going to have to try and find the money to buy more poly now.
Funny, now that I'm planting peas I notice everybody else doing it too! 
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It is still cold here, but I am thinking I might be able to get cool weather stuff in by the first or mid April if I get them started in the house.
I have been turning the garden soil with a pitchfork and it is getting nice and deeply soft and crumbly.
I love Oregon grape! When we used to go camping all the time (when I was young enough to sleep my old bones on the ground) we used to gather and make campfire cobbler with the berries.
I have been turning the garden soil with a pitchfork and it is getting nice and deeply soft and crumbly.
I love Oregon grape! When we used to go camping all the time (when I was young enough to sleep my old bones on the ground) we used to gather and make campfire cobbler with the berries.
