![]() ![]() Garden peas-also commonly called English peas or green peas-are one of the first vegetables harvested in spring. So if your growing season is long enough and the weather doesn’t grow too hot, you might get a mid-season pea crop as well. Peas require 55 to 70 days from sowing to harvesting and they won’t thrive if the soil temperature climbs much above 75☏ (24☌). That is enough to serve three or four people.Įarly peas are harvested from late spring to early summer and the main crop is harvested from midsummer to early fall. ![]() Two pounds of peas in the shell will give you about two cups of shelled peas. The same is true if the pea is shelled and then left on the kitchen counter or in a warm place for more than a few hours. A fresh, sweet, juicy pea can rapidly become starchy and hard. Peas are much like corn as soon as they mature a chemical reaction occurs that causes the peas’ sugar content to decrease rapidly. Young, small, tender peas are the sweetest to eat. Split the pod open with your thumb and roll the small sweet peas into your mouth or into the bowl and immediately prepare and enjoy. When peas come to harvest, follow this advice: pick peas the instant that they are bright green and the pods begin to bulge. It goes into the ground as soon as the soil can be worked. The pea is traditionally the first kitchen garden crop planted each year. Pea, garden pea, and English pea are all the same. When the peas are ready, the simplest way to enjoy them is with butter, salt, and pepper. ![]()
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