Pea Growing, 2022

[jbosmith]

I didn't know that was a real product either, so I looked it up. And yes, they actually make a Soylent Green! Either gutsy, or a PR attempt, given what that meant in the movie. Life follows art.

It was created by and for tech workers so of course it has to have some nerdy pop culture reference for a name. I love the name far more than the actual product

There's a competing product called Huel which I actually like the taste of because it tastes like oats and peas. I still prefer to just eat oats and peas, mind you, but I tried some samples of the 'unflavored and unsweetened' variety once and was impressed.

 

[jbosmith]

I wrote a longer reply to this the other day but just noticed that either it didn't go through or, more likely, I never clicked the button to post it.. the short version follows.

there's a lot of things that i'd like to not count but alas those calories are not ghost calories.

The momos are only 250 calories per package, including the sauce, and is filling enough for me for a meal. I just meant that they should probably count as a 'middle aisle' type food but I liked them too much and prefer to live in denial.

i have a small cooler and ice packs for such outings.

Me too but if there's anything I can cut out of my morning routine to stay in bed for even an extra 5 minutes, I do it. The cooler mostly gets left behind.

 

[catjac1975]

Peas, peas, glorious peas!

Which varieties are you growing this year?

Which have you grown in the past, or plan to grow in the future?

Any strategies or tips? Ways to use or preserve the crop?

Speak to us of peas!

I always grow snap peas, mammoth melting, and tall telephone. I tried First 13 last season with great success. I had one problem with them. They are only around 15 inches tall. I had a great first pick and was about to freeze some very delicious peas. When I went back for another picking the chipmunk that I saw scurrying away must have brought all his pals. They opened and ate a 20 foot row of the first 13 because they were so close to the ground. I will have to watch them for picking better this year. I blanch and freeze peas and a lot of other veggies.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

I'm not a luddite, but prefer technology to be something located outside of my body.

I'm sort of in the middle here. I am HEAVILY in favor of the eventual creation of injectable medical nanobots, since, to me, the seem the only feasible way to "cure" cancer (there are just too many causes and complexities for any actual treatment to EVER solve the problem totally, but if we had small nanobots inside of us that could get rid of tumors when they were still only a few cells; that would functionally accomplish the same thing as a cure). And come to think of it, a pretty wide range of other conditions as well.

I do not particularly "fear" genetic engineering (thought I think it needs to be handled responsibly). As far as I am concerned we've been genetically engineering and "playing god" ever since we worked out how to breed things, how to make fire and the wheel, and how to talk. The modern methods just make it faster and open up more options.

Also, while I say that I want genetic engineering to be used "responsibly" I think a BIG leap forward will come when we stop taking it so SERIOUSLY; when we stop reserving it for weighty matters and let people splice things "just to see what happens." Science moves best when those who practice it are free to explore whatever avenues they want. "Mad science" doesn't necessarily equate to "Bad Science".

 

[jbosmith]

Here's the Schweizer Risen peas I mentioned.

This pic was taken in late June. The peas are on the left, favas are in the middle, and some sort of beans and onions to the right.

Here's the flower. I love these.

Bonus fava flowers.

 

[flowerbug]

I always grow snap peas, mammoth melting, and tall telephone. I tried First 13 last season with great success. I had one problem with them. They are only around 15 inches tall. I had a great first pick and was about to freeze some very delicious peas. When I went back for another picking the chipmunk that I saw scurrying away must have brought all his pals. They opened and ate a 20 foot row of the first 13 because they were so close to the ground. I will have to watch them for picking better this year. I blanch and freeze peas and a lot of other veggies.

just one chipmunk can do a lot damage like that. when one cleaned out my small patch i was thinking it was a bunch of them, but once i trapped it then i did not have any more raids for a while. sure there are others about, they're always around here, but none of the others were getting into the gardens.

 

[flowerbug]

Here's the Schweizer Risen peas I mentioned.View attachment 47347

This pic was taken in late June. The peas are on the left, favas are in the middle, and some sort of beans and onions to the right.

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Here's the flower. I love these.
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Bonus fava flowers.
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love to see all of those pictures! thank you.

 

[catjac1975]

just one chipmunk can do a lot damage like that. when one cleaned out my small patch i was thinking it was a bunch of them, but once i trapped it then i did not have any more raids for a while. sure there are others about, they're always around here, but none of the others were getting into the gardens.

I must say, the last time I saw it, it was so rotund it was wattleing away slowly.

 

[catjac1975]

Here's the Schweizer Risen peas I mentioned.View attachment 47347

This pic was taken in late June. The peas are on the left, favas are in the middle, and some sort of beans and onions to the right.

View attachment 47348

Here's the flower. I love these.
View attachment 47349

Bonus fava flowers.
View attachment 47350

What are these last white flowers? A type of pea?

 

[Phaedra]

What are these last white flowers? A type of pea?

Should be a type of broad bean~