As detailed in previous posts, we failed miserably in our attempts at growing a winter crop of salad greens and peas this season. An unusually cold winter and an unexpected record setting snowfall probably doomed us. We tried to save our fledgling but promising plants by moving them indoors just as both they and the snow were getting started, but they never really recovered...
But alas, our pet lovebird is demanding when it comes to his beloved peas, so today we set out to try growing them again, just one week away from the official start of spring.
We planted a row of eight snap peas into a container on our deck. The container was already set-up with soil from our winter gardening attempt, so under the watchful eye of the bird, the whole thing went very quickly. In less than ten minutes we pre-moistened the soil, dropped in the peas, covered them loosely with dirt, and then watered. Voila!
With the weather starting to warm up (and the snow hopefully over for the year!?!?!), the peas should do just fine. We'll see in a few days. Of course, it is Friday the 13th...
1 comment:
Did you use an inoculant? We have noticed a much higher success rate using an inoculant especially in the case of peas!
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