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Beejay

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Pea harvest
« on: June 13, 2009, 15:22 »
This is the second year I have grown peas, last year they were pathetic!


This year 'Wow' I am picking them every few days and I have already a full plastic container in the freezer!

Today I had a flashback to when I wore short trousers and sat on my grandads back step shelling peas fresh from his garden. 65 years later I am doing it on my own back step with my produce.

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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 16:37 »
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2009, 16:51 »
My pea harvest so far hasn't reached the hosue let alone the freezer! lol   me and Penny dog eat them on the way back up teh path!!!  Tried sugar snap for the first time this year, wow they are lovely!!!
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2009, 17:36 »
Mine are being picked as mange tout.  I have now promised to leave them alone until they are proper peas though. 

Do you need to blanch peas first or just freeze them??
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2009, 19:15 »
Ive never tried to find out! They never make it home! I would freeze direct though,but Vals recipe pages know better than anything I would say
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2009, 19:32 »
I've been blanching my sugar snaps for just 1 minute, and they've been freezing lovely. well my daughter says they are.as she pinched some out of the freezer t'other day.......i'm still eating the fresh ones :lol:
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2009, 19:49 »
Mine never make it as far as the kitchen either! My 2 year old keeps asking for them straight from the plant 'as a treat'  :D.

I remember a friend and I getting into serious trouble for completely stripping her dad's pea plants when we were about 7. We just sat and gorged ourselves until there wasn't one left.
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2009, 20:33 »
Quote from: themoog on June 13, 2009, 19:49
I remember a friend and I getting into serious trouble for completely stripping her dad's pea plants when we were about 7. We just sat and gorged ourselves until there wasn't one left.

A common problem. :unsure:
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peapod

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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2009, 20:42 »
My son literally wouldnt DARE!
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2009, 21:03 »
Mine are just starting to flower but never make it to the kitchen either......kids helping treat  ;)
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2009, 21:05 »
Awww who cares if the peas never make it home As long as the children are full of lovely fresh peas!!!!  Cooking only spoils them anyway!!!   :D :D
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2009, 14:01 »
Am glad I read this - was going to ask the secret of getting the mangetouts actually into the house ... now I know I am not alone in scoffing the lot straight from the plant !!   :D
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Re: Pea harvest
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2009, 15:07 »
I'm very excited about my peas this year too, last year's were a dismal failure. I have some big pods fattening up on the plants, I've been very good about resisting the urge to pick them all whilst small! I'm growing Serpette Gillouteau from good old Real Seeds.
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