Peas are one of the

peas are one of the first crops you would plant in spring, but sometimes you can even get them in fall. So if you are in a climate where you can get peas in fall, let's talk a little bit about how to grow them.

You have a couple different kinds of peas, a few. English peas, those are shelling peas.

The pods are not edible, and the peas are. So you would harvest the large

edible pea seed. Next you have snow peas. Those produce edible flat pods and the

pea seeds inside are quite flat and small as well.

And the final overarching category would be your snap peas.

These have tender edible pods but the peas themselves inside are full size in contrast to the snow peas where they're a little bit more flat.

So peas are interesting. They are legumes they will fix nitrogen in the soil but they do need a little extra fertility at the start of their lives in order to get that process off the ground.

Peas do not want to be growing in hot temperatures they need cool temperatures which is

why you consider them your first crop in spring one of your last crops you might

plant for example in the fall it just really depends on where you live.

Now, when should you plant them?

Well, let's pretend we're in spring.

It would be as soon as the ground thaws and can be worked in.

A lot of people don't transplant their peas

because the seed is so large and it seems to do well.

It's pretty hardy when you just direct sew it.

But if you want to, you can.

I've had success with it myself.

It doesn't seem to be a deal breaker, although I would say it just, you know, sometimes it's just easier to put it in the ground where you want it to be.

You can soak your peas overnight before planting.

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