Podding peas

We podded our first peas of the year this afternoon.

We grew a dwarf pea, Half Pint from Thompson & Morgan, in pots to have on the table outside, the idea being to try and encourage our 3 year old twins to pick & pod the peas themselves and eat them raw.  They ate a few peas each as we were podding them, so that’s encouraging!  They are quite fussy with vegetables, (despite all this homegrown produce we grow), so I was quite pleased.  

You don’t get loads of peas growing them this way, but they look good on the table, and make a nice snack when you’re sitting in the garden..

Purple peas and purple string

Following all the lovely rain we have had the Purple Podded Mange Touts are in flower and look fabulous. I grew these mainly for their flowers, this year I want to make the veggie plot look pretty as well as be productive, but of course we will eat the mange touts too. 

I tied them in (in the rain this week) with my lovely purple string, which I think was well worth the extra pennies!

The rain has done the whole garden so much good – everything is romping away, I’ve picked some of the artichokes for supper, which I’m going to braise in some white wine, garlic and chilli and have with some cheese and crusty bread! Yum…