| 65 days. If Blondie catches on, we're going to have to change the expression "pea green" -- this cream-colored beauty tastes as good as it looks, and it's certain to be the pea of choice for gardeners this season. Every bit as sweet, succulent, and delicious as its plain old green cousins, it defines "plate appeal," and gives parents and grandparents a sneaky new strategy for getting kids who hate green vegetables to eat their peas! Blondie sets creamy pods, blunt ended and about 3 1/2 inches long, in large clusters on very vigorous vining plants. Each pod contains 8 to 9 fat, tender peas. Eat them fresh or lightly steam them -- the flavor is so rich and full, you won't want to tamper with it by too much cooking! Easy to grow, peas love cold weather, so plant as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring. Direct-sow 1 to 2 inches apart and 1 to 1 1/2 inches deep. Peas are also ideal as a fall crop started in late summer. To conserve space and simplify harvesting, sow in double rows with a trellis between rows. Pkt is 2 ounces (250 seeds), which sows 10 to 12 feet of row. |
