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Pretty Peas?
AMERICA HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT REAL PEAS. We’re fanatical about bringing back the shell pea. We’re not even planting any snow peas or snap peas this year. Sure, they’re nice. And they have interesting...
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What Dr. Brent Says about Peas…
Peas MOST PEOPLE DO NOT THINK OF PEAS AS A LEGUME, but they are, and as such they are a great source of protein and iron. Green peas are also a rich source of almost every B vitamin—which are...
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Peas from a Presidential Tradition!
Most people associate George Washington with a Cherry Tree. My association of Good Old George is through peas. Why is that? I’m not sure how our family tradition began. I think it might have been...
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Self-Sowing Second Crops
Going to seed < > “Going to seed,” isn’t necessarily always a bad thing. (Click on any image to begin slide show.) We love spring planting. After a long winter of being cooped up indoors,...
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Sowing Peas
Little Marvel Pea Seed. We’ve always dreamed of getting our peas in the soil on St Patrick’s Day as many “old-timers” suggest. We never have. Though our raised beds tend to warm up to a workable...
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Easy Durable Raised Bed Trellising
Climbing towards the sun. Many of our favorite vegetables in the Beekman Heirloom Vegetable Garden require some sort of trellising – tomatoes, beans, peas, melons, cucumbers. When we put in our raised...
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