Have you ever planted peas in your garden? The large seeds are easy to sow, and the ripe peas are incredibly sweet when picked straight from the vine. Napa County Master Gardeners are growing peas ...

Keen to get a head start on the gardening year? Here's everything you need to know about sowing sweet peas in January ...

I’ve loved sweet peas for as long as I can remember. I mean, who couldn't be obsessed with their ruffled little petals and unrivalled scent? My all-time favorite? 'Matucana,' most probably, a heritage ...

Just like sweet peas, garden peas prefer our mild fall and winter weather to hot summer sun. If you like peas fresh from the garden, prepare to plant them now. One thing peas need over other plants is ...

Many vegetables that were planted back in spring, such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and snap beans, are finishing or have already reached the end of their productive season. Once the harvest is ...

Both gardeners and plants work hard in summer. For plants, growing foliage, developing buds, opening flowers, and forming and ripening fruits take a lot of energy. They need a helping hand, and you ...

A cool-weather annual, sweet peas actually like the Northwest's infamous cool springs and begin to fade as the hot weather comes on strong. Even though seed packets and available literature recommend ...

Peas — be they shelling, sugar or snap — may well be the perfect crop for the Chicago garden. A cool weather-loving legume, its seeds can be sown in early April to appease the cultivation yearnings of ...

Black eyed peas’ ability to attract beneficial bacteria isn’t diminished by modern farming practices, new UC Riverside research shows. Planting it in rotation with other crops could help growers avoid ...