I am not a gardener by the book---not particularly in regard to vegetables. Yes, i have accumulated a considerable gardening books. However, I only browse through these to get acquainted with the common names of ornamental plants and trees that already existed in the yard since I bought my house,
When I go to the gardening section of Bunnings, Target or K Mart, I took note of what vegetables are in season. Instead of buying seedlings, I buy instead seeds because I do not want myself to miss the thrill of seeing the seeds sprout then flourish into mature plant.
The first time I planted snow peas in my backyard was in 2011. I could not remember which month in the cool season. I was definitely sure however that I was quite late in sowing the seeds. Nevertheless, as God was not killjoy, I saw my snow peas brought forth fruit---heaps of them in fact that I was able to freeze some for later use.
In year 2012, I sowed the seeds earlier in the cool season and I was blessed just the same with heaps of snow peas both to eat and for freezing for later use. Am I not blessed to have heaps of dietary fibre and protein from snow peas from my own backyard! Surely am!! thank God!
I do not use any chemicals to control diseases of pests that attack snow peas. However, there comes a stage in their life when their leaves become mouldy. I do not bother how to treat the sick plants. Rather, II just consider that that stage was the end of their life and just resolve to plant again next season
However i recalled to my mind the time I visited Julie, my friend with cancer when she was still alive, she told me I could grow snow peas all year round. Hmm? Is this so? I never tried it until this early summer of 2012.
Based on the results as shown here, Julie could be right...
This is the second batch of snow peas I planted, not on the same spot in my backyard where they climb up an erected trellis but at a different spot in the backyard where I just stuck in the ground some twigs to serve as climbing posts for the growing vine..
Below are pictures of the first 8 snow peas I picked from the second batch of planting and the growing snow peas I sowed from seeds the third time:
For the record, I also got considerable number of snow peas from the second batch---not enough however to freeze. I still have to wait for snow peas from the third batch.
