EVERY YEAR, RIGHT around Valentine’s Day, I begin soaking, sprouting and starting seeds, dreaming of the fragrant blossoms to come. This year, I’m tweaking my familiar garden ritual. Earlier this ...

The most rewarding part of growing your own veggies is harvesting them. The best time to harvest peas will depend on the type ...

As parents, care providers, and adults with kids in our lives, we want to see our kids learn and grow. Gardening provides a wonderful opportunity for that as it exposes kids to nature and helps them ...

Peas are classified as legumes and a "founder crop" domesticated in the Fertile Crescent about 11,000 years ago according to online research publications. They are a type of legume native to the ...

If you are itching to dust the snow off the garden and get some seeds in, peas are the salvation you’re looking for. I’ve extolled the power of peas before, but I barely scratched the surface on their ...

Plant sweetpeas this October for an easy, fragrant, and colourful garden that blooms beautifully from spring through summer ...

A farmer might call them cowpeas. A grocer might call them black-eyed peas. A restaurant waitress might call them field peas. But they are all talking about the same vegetable — the southern pea. If ...

Who doesn’t like peas? They are so easy to grow. The sweet peas provide lots of different-colored flowers and, of course, can have the strongest perfume odor you can grow if you plant the fragrant ...