DENVER — St. Patrick's Day has long been the traditional date to plant peas. No, it's not too cold or too early. Peas are cool season crops. They germinate and grow best in cool--even cold--weather.

DENVER — Gardeners begin planting in earnest around St. Patrick's Day. Inside, we celebrate the day with pots of shamrocks. Shamrocks don't really exist in Ireland or anywhere else. They're just Dutch ...

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 ...

Peas are a cool season crop planted in November and February. While November has past, February is a good month to plant peas that will mature in early spring. Three types of peas are grown by home ...

Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...

In this video, I give you my five top tips on how to grow a ton of snow peas so if you want to know how to grow lots of peas watch this vid! Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can’t remember exactly who or what first drew me to growing sweet peas—it might have been the great ...

When was the last time you felt like you bought the most fresh produce from the market next door? Well, getting the best vegetables and fruits in times of adulteration, chemically produced food, and ...

If you want to grow your own vegetables at home, there’s no better time than early spring to give it a try. Cool-season vegetables are some of the easiest to grow, and they mature quickly, so you ...

The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds, she knows ...

Have you ever planted peas in your garden? The large seeds are easy to sow, and the ripe peas are incredibly sweet when picked straight from the vine. Napa County Master Gardeners are growing peas ...