Comments on: On waiting

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:36:14 +0000

I live in Idaho, and the only time I have every planted is after Mother’s Day, or when the snow’s off Schaffer’s Butte, but that would be hard for you to know, wouldn’t it? Although I can see that butte, I go with Mother’s Day and plant on that very day. I have never, ever been able to get peas to sprout, so this year, St Pattie’s Day it is! So glad I stopped by to read this morning.

By: El

El — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:36:01 +0000

Ali and Farmgirl: I had to edit to say “around here” because, well, these things can vary!

Ali: Well, I hope you’ve got no big golden pest in your peas, or feathered ones either, come to think of it. I have to fend off both my kid and my cat for our peas. But that’s only after I have shelled them…but yes, it’s often too wet to do a thing here either!

Farmgirl: Only this year have i ever seen those hoofed pests anywhere near our garden. And yes, I have a fence around it; it stops chickens just fine but it’s too short for deer. Luckily, there’s lots of other things out there for them to eat. Or at least that’s what I’m banking on!

By: Farmgirl_dk

Farmgirl_dk — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:40:11 +0000

Out here on the west coast, our peas are already in the ground…well, that is, my step-dad’s are. He planted his last week! I prepared my bed over the weekend and will go pop the seed babies in today or tomorrow. I’m being rather risky, though…no fence is in place yet. The peas biggest threat here, other than torrential rain, is DEER.

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:13:40 +0000

Hmmm, I’d never heard of the St. Patrick’s Day tradition. Here in Maine we say plant your peas on tax day, eat them on the Fourth of July.

Although that has never worked for me. Last year our garden was flooded on April 16 by a huge nor’easter. In previous years, the peas succumbed to a mystery pest — our Golden Retriever. Now the garden is fenced-in.