Thursday, August 23, 2007

Heritage peas

Early in the year I was fortunate enough to be given a few heritage peas (purple podded, champion of England and show perfection).

We have just harvested our heritage pea crop and this pile of pods came from just a dozen Purple podded pea plants. The seed saved will allow me to grow a full crop next year and have enough left over for seed for the next year.

I have found all three varieties very prolific, very tasty and varyingly tall. As a boon the bees loved them.

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