Yesterday was a great day in the life of my Greenhouse. Some of my pea's were finally ready to be picked. Getting very tall and seeing lots of little flat pods all over them I was checking daily to see the progress. Finally the day arived where a few handfuls of them were nice and fat. A sign that they are indeed ready to be picked.
So after a quick watering for the morning I got my basket and special cutters and went to town finding all the fat little pods. Kinda felt like an easter egg hunt. But let me tell you easter eggs are easier to find....at least they are usually different colors. Every thing here is green.
After a good few minuets maybe 2 handfulls of peas were removed from the plants and brought inside. The remaning peas on the vine will be watched.
Just look at that little pod full of peas. The kids all begged to try some, and of course I let them. Shannon is holding up a pod for me so we can see the little guys inside. The kids loved this part. It was almost like Christmas. How many can you find in one pod. You just never know.
Although not enough for a meal I would say a good little bit have harvested. So we can't eat them as a veggie to a meal but we can just eat them like this.....
Later in the evening while checking the greenhouse again more were found to now be ready. Whether I missed them that morning or they were just now ready I will never know. But who cares. For the next few days at least once a day we will be finding pea's that have fattened up and are ready to get in my belly.
Hey, nice blog. Keep going :)
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