So this week we are still getting decent strawberries. Less than before but the overbearing are putting on new flowers. The new harvest this week was the Tatsoi and Peas. I have decided that shelling peas are good but not enough of a harvest for the space they take up. I would now prefer snow or snap peas, but I am going to use up all the seeds I have first. Larkyn and now Mckinley both love peas so that is why I originally started growing them. I decided to pick them young so that we could eat them like a snow pea. This worked out for most of them, but a couple of them were a touch to big and tough. I will let the rest mature to peas and we will make a nice risotto out of it. The first Tatsoi was good. I have had to be diligent about getting eggs and caterpillars off of them though! We had some steamed on a salad with other steamed veggies and them I made a stir fry with them also. Both ways were tasty. I look forward to a good fall crop and perhaps trying different asian greens in the future. I have a few more in the garden still to harvest in the coming week or two.
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I love peas of all sorts but you are right, shelling peas take a lot of space and shelling is a lot of work. I am still trying out varieties tho, to see if there is a really good one for my garden. and thinking of investing in one of those pea & bean shellers, too!
ReplyDeleteFresh homegrown peas are great but iv'e never had any luck growing them, i have grown sugar snap peas with more success.
ReplyDeleteYours look great and enough for a meal ! I planted some Tatsoi (for the first time) seedlings yesterday, love their little round leaves.
Do you think its as tasty as Pak Choi?
Nice greens. :) I had not heard of Tatsoi, I am going to have to look that up!
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