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Posted by Cosmicgardener N W TAS (My Page) on Wed, Dec 7, 05 at 22:49
| It's been pea-ing it down in Tassie - 2 inches ( I'm medium to rare old so excuse my Imperialism)- just in time to turn the commercial growers' tasteless. I love to work in the rain - must be my Yorkshire blood! I've just got saturated to the skin, but I reckon harvesting your own veggies in a downpour is fantastic reminds me of the tropics. Got 30 kg off this lot before podding - should yield about 8 kg podded. Enough to freeze with some spearmint for us and the kids. The earlier crop got us 9 kg podded. So for a small space about 2.5m x 2.5m we yielded 17 kg. Now for the broad beans before they riot; then I can plant those currant tomatoes - all 36.
Cheers all
Linda |
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!!WOW!! Linda what a great yield..Good on you.
I would be hanging out for the broad beans I just love them.
I used to plant them every Autumn when I lived in Melbourne.
Mind you not a lot got to the plate they are so sweet when very young.
I did try them up here not a very good success rate, good to hear yours is better.
And the best of luck with your tommys, ......Cheers..MM. |
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Go Linda, Go. Amazing yield. Our BB's were put in too late, and we just got a little taste of them this year. The taste is a little strong for me, but lovely in a pasta with a few tommies and some garlic and smoked Trout, sprinkled lightly with a good strong Romano or somesuch.
I can't get enough peas, I absulutely love them. But as with others, very few get to the table. I graze "on the hoof". |
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Hi Linda, glad you a such a great return for your labour. The dreaded snail got into part of my peas, but we still got a couple of kilo podded. I have a row of snow peas about fifteen cms. high and hope that i planted them just in time to get a return.I have about twenty tommie plants in and some have nice green fruit on them.
You were lucky getting two inches the other night as we only had an inch at Beauty Point
John |
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| I spent a long time podding peas today! Fortunately the grandies came around do I set them to work. They had a little friend with them who thought peas only came in frozen packets! I think it was luck not management.I've never had such a yield! I planted them really thickly it rows only about 2 inches apart, shoved a load of short canes in for them to climb up and the weather did the rest - the right conditions when they flowered and the right amount of rain to make them fat. We had broadbeans tonight with some sprouting broccolli, some of last year's carrots out of the freezer and a nice pork fillet rolled in fennel seeds and baked in the oven. Life's good! I've got a pic of the peas taken while they were fattening about two weeks ago - sorry it's on my astro-blog page, not my usual picture page. |
Here is a link that might be useful: My peas are here!
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| Done it again - why can't we edit our posts! Here's the right link |
Here is a link that might be useful: Peas
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| It makes me want to jump in and roll around the peas bed. Sooooo luscious! Fantastic. :) Good luck with your tomatoes. |
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| Hi Linda Love those peas....down here in hobart I may have planted the peas a bit late, my first crop got demolished, second crop nearly ready Helen |
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| Do you rent that out for people to sit quietly?. What a lush space. |
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| All gone! The sound of one pea popping............ |
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