Comments on: Planting Peas in Fall

By: Sustainable Eats

Sustainable Eats — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:03:08 +0000

Willi,
Just wanted to say I planted some peas last fall as a cover crop and we have pods on them now. I’m in Seattle as well so the seeds survived the cold snap in Dec and just hung out until the weather warmed up. I have those same purple ones but can’t remember where I got the seeds from.
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By: Willi

Willi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:13:26 +0000

Sarah–You want your peas to mature before the first hard frosts in your area. In the PNW, now is a great time to plant because the peas will germinate and grow quickly in the warm weather, but the pods won’t begin to set until the weather cools down in September. Good luck!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:17:05 +0000

Willi-

Is this the right time to plant peas for fall, then? Am I too late? Too early?

By: Willi

Willi — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:54:32 +0000

Bob–

Here is a link with step-by-step directions on how to build this A-Frame:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2224037_build-aframe-trellis.html

I planted arugula in the middle and it did great!

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:37:18 +0000

What are the basic dimensions of the A frame?

Did you find that it was tall enough or did the peas do so well they grew to the top and needed more height?

I assume you planted the peas on the outside and let them crawl up. Did you pant anything in the middle?

By: A Nice Surprise | DigginFood

A Nice Surprise | DigginFood — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:42:07 +0000

[...] I had grand plans for a winter vegetable garden. I dug a bit of compost into the soil and planted little seedlings of lettuce, arugula, chard, and radicchio. I sowed baby greens, radishes, and beets. I even tried my hand at growing fall peas. [...]

By: A Tour of My Garden | DigginFood

A Tour of My Garden | DigginFood — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:41:47 +0000

[...] chance I get, I pop outside and examine my rows of fall peas (they’ve germinated!), pop a cherry tomato in my mouth (they are finally ripening), and make a [...]

By: Willi

Willi — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:42:05 +0000

Growing potatoes in leaf mulch certainly has it advantages. A) By using mulch to hill up the potatoes, you don’t disturb the soil and the complex web of life that exists in the soil. B) It’s easier to harvest the potatoes, just pull back the mulch, and voila! you’ve got potatoes C) you can leave the mulch in place after harvesting and it will break down, adding organic matter back to the soil. Perhaps your friend had preexisting insect problems? As for tomatoes, my colleague Pam Ruch at Organic Gardening, endorses growing a winter cover crop (like rye or oats), mowing it down in spring and then planting directly into the cover crop “mulch”. If you’re looking for Ruth Stout’s book,there is a used one available online at Powells.

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:20:30 +0000

Hi Willi,
I planted potatoes and tomatoes in a mulch garden this year and plan to expand it for fall. My inspiration is the Ruth Stout method of heavy mulching. However, a neighbor here in Northern California said she tried it for 2 years and it didn’t work because we don’t get cold enough in the winter to kill off the detrimental bugs that she said ruined her garden. However, Stout says you have to mulch at least 3 years to get a good healthy soil. Any advice on mulch gardening? Thanks. Dave Smith

By: laura

laura — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:00:35 +0000

That is really interesting about the bacteria. Thanks for the info, something I will try in the future and another reason I enjoy reading your blog!