Property News · May 6, 2017

How to grow peas


They’re gorgeous straight off the bush, but which variety would best suit your patch? Whatever you decide, prepare to fend off the pigeonsMy brother has a friend who works in frozen foods, and he points out that no one can capture the vitamin content of a pea better than his industry. The peas are frozen on the field within minutes of being picked. In contrast, by the time I have got my peas home from the allotment, they are slowly degrading, losing valuable vitamins and nutrients, turning sugars into starch, drying out and hardening into the seeds that they want to be. His peas may be frozen, but they are very, very fresh – much more so than mine.The frozen food industry does an excellent job of making sure we all get healthy peas, but the gardener, if truth be known, never really grows peas to take them home – the gardener grows peas to eat then and there. For isn’t that the whole point of peas, to eat them off the bush? I am confident that I can eat peas quicker than any frozen pea expert can capture them in ice. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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