Asparagus Pea

Oliveview · « **on:** June 05, 2008, 21:38 »

I picked my first asparagus peas tonight (just three) and fried them in butter and oil- thought they were nice

I´ve got the plants in the flower bed, the flowers are lovely

Not sure I am going to get a meal off the plant in one go though, think it will be in dribs and drabs!!
Pamela

fletch · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2008, 22:29 »

Mine are about an inch high!! :shock:

iwantanallotment · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2008, 23:41 »

Quote from: "fletch"

Mine are about an inch high!! :shock:

Mine have only just been sown

How do they taste, Pamela? Do they taste vaguely like asparagus, as I've heard tell?

gobs · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2008, 06:58 »

They taste sort of nothing really, hm, green like.

Olive, you need quite a few plants for a good harvest and just keep picking often.

Oliveview · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2008, 07:21 »

thought they were kind of like asparagus, but I did burn mine a bit!! :oops:
They took ages to get going once they came up. but now they are spreading out around the flower bed. I think I might have planted them too close to the other plants!
They did take a while to germinate too.
Pamela

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