Peas are a high-yielding crop that will help you maximize your space. They can be grown in row gardens, raised beds, and containers. Peas also have the added benefit of being nitrogen fixers, so they’ll make your soil healthier. Find all you need to know in our guides down below to grow and harvest your own peas, learn about various varieties and cultivars, and find tips on combating pests and diseases. New to growing peas? Start here.
Are you growing peas in your vegetable garden? From rabbits and snails to cutworms and aphids, there are many pests that attack and feed on peas. Some of these critters are just a bit of a nuisance, while others are downright dangerous and can kill your plants overnight. Learn about 15 common pea pests in this guide.
Garden peas are legumes with edible seeds inside tough, fibrous pods. These annuals are suited to cultivation in Zones 3 to 10 and prefer full sun and moist, well-drained, organically-rich soil. Plants have bushy or vining growth habits and can produce one crop or multiple. Learn how to harvest garden peas in this guide.
‘Sugar Bon’ is a type of snap pea that grows just one to two feet tall, perfect for smaller vegetable gardens. The diminutive, self-supporting plants produce high yields of delicious, sweet, edible pod peas while also being more heat tolerant than many other types. Learn how to plant and grow these legumes in this guide.
Love English peas but have a hard time narrowing down which variety to grow? ‘Wando’ is an adaptable bush-type English pea that is prolific, tough, and cold-hardy. If you love shelling types, this is going to be a new favorite thanks to the sweet, flavorful pods. Learn how to plant and grow ‘Wando’ peas in this guide.
If you’re growing peas and the plants look healthy but fail to produce pods, there are a number of different reasons why this may happen. From lack of nutrients to excessively warm temperatures, in this guide we’ll help you figure out why your peas aren’t producing the flavorful pods and what to do about it. Read more.
Pea shoots, the young and tender growing tips of pea plants, are an early spring treat with a decidedly gourmet appeal. Plus, these delicious garden greens are easy to grow and harvest, and can be part of your low waste gardening strategy. Learn how to grow and harvest pea shoots in this guide. Read more now.
‘Sugar Daddy’ is a wonderful sugar snap pea variety. It has the delightfully plump, juicy orbs with a sweet, herbaceous, slightly fruity flavor, minus the annoying pod strings. Plus, it’s resistant to powdery mildew. Learn all about propagating, planting, and growing ‘Sugar Daddy’ in this guide. Read more now.
Cool-weather snap peas are one of the first vegetables ready to harvest in spring. Sweet and crispy, they’ll encourage kids to eat their veggies. A short row will yield pounds of edible pods for snacks and salads, or you can grow these legumes in containers. Maximize your harvest and minimize the work with these tips.
‘Dwarf Grey’ snow peas are compact and easy to grow for shoots, edible blooms, and a bounty of crisp green pods. Ideal for spring and fall planting, this cultivar yields pea shoots in just 10 to 14 days, followed by flat, tasty pods. Learn how to grow and care for ‘Dwarf Grey’ peas in this guide. Read more now.
From the traditional English shelling pea to the snap peas first introduced in 1979, peas offer home gardeners a reliable source of homegrown food and a crop to grow in the chilly months of early spring. Learn ways to enjoy the harvest and how to keep the plants productive and healthy with tips from our guide.
Do you love those sweet, crispy sugar snap peas? Then Oregon Sugar Pod peas will blow your mind. They grow fast, don’t need support, have impressive disease resistance, and there’s that fabulous, sweet flavor and crisp texture. Bred in Oregon to create the perfect freezing pea, we’re sure you’ll call it a success.
Who doesn’t love cracking open a pod and enjoying fresh, tasty peas? And who hasn’t experienced the horror of slicing the shell open to find a completely empty interior? What happened? Where are the seeds? This guide explains why your pea pods are empty and what you can do to fix it so you can enjoy fresh peas again.
Peas germinate quickly and are one of the easiest food crops to grow outdoors in the garden or a pot. But what if you want to enjoy homegrown peas year-round? Indoor gardening is the answer! It’s easy to cultivate peas indoors like other houseplants, especially when you use a grow light. Read more now.
Potted peas, please! These plants were practically made for container growing. Their vertical growth habit, shallow roots, and low space requirements make them easy to plant and care for. It’s easy to get started, and with little effort, you’ll be harvesting fresh peapods throughout the growing season.
Pea weevils aren’t common home garden pests, but they pose enough of a threat to keep an eye out. The larvae burrow into the seeds on the sly and emerge in storage. We’ll cover everything you need to know about these insects, including effective strategies useful for preventing and controlling infestations. Read more.
Plant peas with edible pods in your garden to yield an abundant supply of sweet, fresh-from-the-vine snacks and salad ingredients. Both snap peas and snow peas thrive in cool spring and fall weather and are easy to care for. Learn about edible pod peas to grow in your veggie garden or containers here. Read more.
Grow a bumper crop of shelling peas to eat and freeze when you choose the best variety for your home garden. Different types of English peas offer early harvest, heat tolerance, or short vines. One hybrid produces 13 seeds per pod and others are purple! Learn more about 17 top shelling peas to plant in our roundup.
Snow peas are cool-weather vegetables that even beginning gardeners can succeed with. They taste great in stir fries and salads, and veggie-hating kids love to eat them fresh from the vine.This guide shares growing tips for top yields, picks for the best varieties, and recipes for enjoying snow peas in your cooking.