A Yard Full of Peas
Posted on | April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments
Is what it would take to yield a cup of shelled peas. Almost, anyway. But I did get a half cup. Tiny things. More than any vegetable I know, shelled peas fresh from the garden taste immeasurably better than any other. So sweet. Luscious. Peas and carrots for lunch. Broccoli for dinner. With a hamburger.
I do not grow broccoli well. Don’t know why, of course. But it’s spindly stuff. Small yields. Big plants. And it’s my third season of trying. I shall either get it right next year or give up and buy from farmers’ markets. But it was delicious.
Hot. Record highs in California. The newly-planted basil loves that, as does the corn. The corn is six inches high, and I can almost see it growing. Corn is such a joy to have in the garden. Until the aphids get going, that is.
It is sunset on the hill and the sky is orange. Very still. Temperature in the 80s now. Neighbors sitting outside relishing the warmth and quiet at the end of the day. Some bees still at work.
I am going to put a chair in the garden so that I can just sit there from time-to-time.
Walk well. God is love.
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2 Responses to “A Yard Full of Peas”
April 21st, 2009 @ 9:36 am
Envy! Our pea plants are still, like, two inches tall.
Isn’t it funny how everyone seems to have one crop that just doesn’t click for them? Mine is basil. Friends in my own neighborhood grow basil in abundance, but mine remains spindly and then dead. A mystery.
April 21st, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Holly! I tried an experiment and it worked. We have a bad infestation of oxalis on the slope in the back yard. I cannot think of a good one. Anyway, I chopped a big swath of it with a hoe, raked to loosen the soil, and broadcast two pounds of fava and pea seeds. Watered for a couple of days and forgot about it. Now there is a forest of beans and peas. Ha! We are marginal for basil. I have to plant a lot of it and coax it out. Elaine uses it a lot and is completely uninterested when I explain that it is difficult to grow here. ‘=)