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Bargain peas !
stormchaos
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dont know if anyone has mention this before , so apologies if it has :rolleyes:
i bought a bag of marrowfat peas from the corner shop for 60p, the ones you soak to make mushy peas, and planted them.
they have proper gone mad, they are about 3 to 4ft high and have millions of flowers and pods, we have been grazing up and down them eating the half grown peas and they are fantastic !
i wasn't going to bother growing peas this year as all the packets i'd seen for normal peas were over £2 for about 50 seeds (i am a bit tight !) so im well chuffed with these !:T
i bought a bag of marrowfat peas from the corner shop for 60p, the ones you soak to make mushy peas, and planted them.
they have proper gone mad, they are about 3 to 4ft high and have millions of flowers and pods, we have been grazing up and down them eating the half grown peas and they are fantastic !
i wasn't going to bother growing peas this year as all the packets i'd seen for normal peas were over £2 for about 50 seeds (i am a bit tight !) so im well chuffed with these !:T
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stormchaos wrote: »dont know if anyone has mention this before , so apologies if it has :rolleyes:
i bought a bag of marrowfat peas from the corner shop for 60p, the ones you soak to make mushy peas, and planted them.
they have proper gone mad, they are about 3 to 4ft high and have millions of flowers and pods, we have been grazing up and down them eating the half grown peas and they are fantastic !
i wasn't going to bother growing peas this year as all the packets i'd seen for normal peas were over £2 for about 50 seeds (i am a bit tight !) so im well chuffed with these !:T
I thinks me gonna try these!
So have they grown into proper garden peas??
Thats so cool
Katy x xIf you dont ask you dont get to know....Sealed pot no2770 -
I've done the same with Pinto beans as we use them once a week in chillis [as opposed to kidney beans]. They are going great guns. I'll be leaving them all on the plants until the pods dry out, and harvesting and drying the beans for year round use.0
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katy,
they aren't getting chance to fully grow yet as we keep eating them, but aparently they are just classed as large peas,:D0 -
If they are growing too fast you can eat the pea shoots (the tips of the plants with the curly bit) in salads too or very briefly stir-fried."The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
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stormchaos wrote: »katy,
they aren't getting chance to fully grow yet as we keep eating them, but aparently they are just classed as large peas,:D
Could I sew them now?
If so I'll buy some at work tonight!:T
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Excellent, when did you sow them?Nevermind the dog, beware of the kids!0
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Thanks for this, I sprout mine and eat in salads so I suppose I could give them a go in the ground too.Save £12k in 2012 no.49 £10,250/£12,000
Save £12k in 2013 no.34 £11,800/£12,000
'How much can you save' thread = £7,050
Total=£29,100
Mfi3 no. 88: Balance Jan '06 = £63,000. :mad:
Balance 23.11.09 = £nil.
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think its probably too late to sow some now, i cant remember when i put mine in, must be at least 2 mths ago, unless you have a green house, might be worth a try for 60p.
ive tried eating the tops too, they were nicer than i thought , lol,
going to try the sprouting thing too, never dared sprout anything before in case i poisoned meself !!0
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