I love fresh garden peas. This year, I got to enjoy picking them and eating them on the spot with Jayden, my 1-1/2 year old grandson. He loves them too!
Early this spring I decided to keep track of which kind of pea I plant where, so I would know for sure which performed the best, and which tasted the best. Hopefully, the best performer and best taster would be the same variety!
The varieties were:
Dwarf White Sugar
Super Sugar Snap
Melting Sugar
Oregon Sugar Pod
Taste trials determined that the best-tasting was .... Melting Sugar!!
They also produced lavishly, and started when the plants were shorter. They are still blooming today, after several days of 90 degree weather, when Dwarf White Sugar and Oregon Sugar Pod have quit.
Melting Sugar had nice fat pods, without going to seed, like Dwarf White Sugar did. And they were very sweet ... I have to admit, not one of them made it inside to the table!
The seeds were planted on March 18 and April 7, in a spot that is partly shaded. I planted more on April 22, in a sunny spot and they are in sad shape, not going to produce anything edible. (The sun is so intense here in Colorado, that part shade often works for plants that normally like full sun.)
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I love gardening, but my ‘real’ job is helping folks buy and sell homes. If you’re in need of assistance with residential real estate between Denver and Boulder, Colorado give me a call. Maybe we could squeeze in some gardening talk too!
Copyright © 2012 Joetta Fort, The DiGiorgio Group
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