And don't be shy to keep picking – because the more you harvest, the more your plants will produce. Enjoying Your Bounty Now for the best part: eating them! Fresh from the garden, peas are ...

Sweet peas need support and a screen is a great way ... making it slightly wider and deeper than the root ball of the plant. Allow plants to grow for four weeks until they are about 30cm (12in ...

Northwestern State University Elementary Lab School is teaching kindergarten students about seeds, vegetables, and how they ...

In some gardening circles, a gardener’s skill is measured by how soon he or she gets the first mess of shelling peas on the ...

For a succession of peas, sow at two-week intervals. Use bamboo canes, trellis or netting to create supports for plants. Once peas have reached 5-8cm (2-3in) in height and their tendrils begin to ...

Keen growers snip off these tendrils, remove sideshoots and tie the sweet peas to their support to get the best blooms and stems. Wet soils, warm days and cold nights can make plants drop their buds.

Pulses are the dried edible seeds of legumes and make a great addition to any food garden. They include beans, peas, and ...

St. Patrick’s Day for gardeners is considered the beginning of the vegetable planting season. Irish potatoes can be planted now. Asparagus and rhubarb are the two perennial vegetables to get ...

The middle of March is the time to start growing cool season crops such as peas, sweet peas, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, kale and anything else that has instructions on the seed pack that tells you to ...