The cool weather of early spring is the perfect time to plant peas. They love the cool temperatures and have plenty of time to set fruit before the hot weather wilts them. As simple as this seems, ...

As a follow-up to Saturday’s article on peas, I’d like to take the opportunity to explain more about why you should use an inoculant when you plant peas. Applying an inoculant when you plant is one of ...

Legumes are well-known for fixing nitrogen in the soil, but what most people don’t know is that they need a little help to create the best soil benefits. This helper is soil inoculant. Inoculants are ...

If you compare a store-bought snow pea with one freshly picked, you'll know why mine rarely make it to the kitchen. I eat most while out in the garden watering and weeding. Of course, I plant a bumper ...

Here in the tropical low desert of the Southwest, we sow pea seed in January. Yes, it’s totally counterintuitive, but the dawn of the year is the only time it’s cool enough for this 60- to 75-day crop ...

I have big problems growing snow peas. Try as I might I never seem to have enough in the kitchen. While picking them off my garden vines late in the day or just before dinner, I'm hungry. One pea ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- A lot of discussion has swirled in South Dakota this winter about field peas and other pulse crops such as chickpeas and lentils because of the construction of a processing plant ...

There is no sweeter way to begin the gardening year than by planting peas. Whether you prefer shelling peas, snap peas or snow peas, these garden gems are the earliest crop to go into the ground in ...

Like so many other gardeners, I am itching to do something, anything. Spring is fewer than 30 days away, but with snow still on the ground and a sad-looking lawn and landscape, it is hard to believe.