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By mid-winter, I need to see color, and have the promise of spring, so I start my garden planning and organizing, eagerly awaiting my first opportunity to sow. For me, outdoor sowing in the new year begins on the first day of spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony of sowing\u00a0peas<\/a>\u00a0is my official “It’s spring” ritual. I soak my pea seeds overnight to speed emergence (although, this isn’t a deal breaker). Then, I love taking the round, plump seeds and snuggling them into a blanket of soil. I know that within a few weeks, the seedlings’ bright green foliage will appear, and I can enjoy pea shoots!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pea shoots are edible and taste a lot like peas. Harvesting a few pea shoots won’t harm the vines’ growth, but actually encourages more branching, potentially producing more peas to harvest. When plants are a few inches tall, select 2″-4″ shoots from the top of the plants and pinch them off using your fingernails or scissors, leaving at least one set of true leaves on the plant (see illustration). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assuming you don’t snack on them right in the garden, add them to a salad or use them as a garnish for dinner. Pea flowers are also edible. I harvest just a few at a time so I don’t impact the pea yield. Usually, you will see two flowers coming from one leaf junction. By harvesting one of the pair, you are actually making the remaining flower generate a larger pea than it otherwise would have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you love pea shoots as much as I do, you can also sow them indoors in a container at any time of year. Sometime in February I got the itch for a fresh salad, so I set up a container in front of a sunny window and sow pea seeds 1″ apart on all sides. In just two to four weeks, you will be eating fresh shoots! Our Peas for Shoots Baby Greens<\/a> variety is delicious and you can even harvest a crop two or three times to get your fill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you sowing on the first day of spring? What’s your garden signal that spring has begun?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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