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yum!me&thegals said:Aha--I finally found my recipe
Pea Vine And Spinach LasagnaHarmony Valley Farm . . .
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Pea plants are good for how long?
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Hattie the Hen
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me&thegals That recipe sounds really good! I will definitely try it over the weekend as it's very rainy here& a wee bit chilly after all the very warm weather we had previously! Comfort food is what I need to build me up so that I can deal with all the weeds that are shooting up out there................!
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:rose Hattie :rose
Hattie the Hen
Deeply Rooted
Hi there all pea eaters! 
Some musings on pea shoots from one of my favourite food writers plus a smashing recipe:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/17/nigel-slater-pea-shoots-recipes
Hope you are all having a great weekend. :happy_flower
It has been pouring with rain here for 3 days but now(late morning Sunday) it is beginning to brighten up.
:coolsun 
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Garden Master
Good Heavens, Hattie! Are the English learning new uses for English pea vines from New York restaurants ?!?
Oh yes, pea vines with the flavors of lemon and ginger!
I had to smile at the author's difficulty finding "pea-sticks" on which to grow his vines. I remember one year, when I had a much smaller garden, raiding a housing development site for the aspen thicket - just ahead of the bulldozer. Those didn't last too long in garden soil, perhaps hazel sticks are a much better choice.
Using the pea thinnings in the kitchen is a good idea. I can usually get away with spacing our seed carefully since germination is good. But, if one has more seedlings than necessary . . .
And, by the way (and out of defense of the English), I find that the best tendrils are from the snow peas rather than the English shell peas. The snow peas are especially vigorous vines and almost benefit from a little "pruning" to keep them inbounds. The English shell peas should be handled with extreme care with the prospect of the lovely, fresh peas they will produce. (And, which most gardeners have trouble carrying all the way to the kitchen without eating on the way .)
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?!?Oh yes, pea vines with the flavors of lemon and ginger!
I had to smile at the author's difficulty finding "pea-sticks" on which to grow his vines. I remember one year, when I had a much smaller garden, raiding a housing development site for the aspen thicket - just ahead of the bulldozer
. Those didn't last too long in garden soil, perhaps hazel sticks are a much better choice.Using the pea thinnings in the kitchen is a good idea. I can usually get away with spacing our seed carefully since germination is good. But, if one has more seedlings than necessary . . .
And, by the way (and out of defense of the English), I find that the best tendrils are from the snow peas rather than the English shell peas. The snow peas are especially vigorous vines and almost benefit from a little "pruning" to keep them inbounds
. The English shell peas should be handled with extreme care with the prospect of the lovely, fresh peas they will produce. (And, which most gardeners have trouble carrying all the way to the kitchen without eating on the way .)Steve's digits
