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!
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G'day Everyone, firstly thanks for your support! I didn't elaborate much on the "price" of snow peas in this video but as an afterthought, I do think it is worth saying that even when in season this vegetable is expensive to buy from the supermarket. You might find them cheaper or more expensive but conservatively they cost around $20 AU per kg (2 lbs) on average and that is significant so definitely worth growing as a cost-saving alone! Anyway, just thought I'd mention that… Also, feel free to check out my website I'm in the process of improving my site and this should be complete within the next several weeks. I am slowly developing a "support page" where I log all the products and "stuff" I use and promote as a way to help keep my channel, blog, and forum going and thus keep creating content as relying on YouTube alone is a fickle and unstable business model lol… https://selfsufficientme.com/support-self-sufficient-me Finally, I've been reading and receiving more than usual messages lately from people who are finding it hard to cope during the current issues facing the world. Gardening might not fix these problems but it can help you better manage the stress they cause so please – Get Into It! Cheers 🙂
The leaves are also fantastic to eat!
How many harvests did you end up getting ? I'm getting one every ten days for about 2 months now. Care to share your results please ?
I remember looking at the spider being like “aw cute” and totally uncontrollably freaking out when it moved lols
Excellent video and full of a wealth of information. Especially for someone like me, a beginner gardener
Only thing missing here is snacking along the way. I so want to be munching those. 😀
I am growing snow peas for the first time in my south Louisiana raised bed garden. I just stuck some pea seeds in the ground and they grew like crazy!!! I have about a 4 foot line of them and harvested about 3 handfuls today! I ate a few raw and am going to steam them for supper!!!
Great video. Thank you for the beneficial information.
The pea plant has aided civilization for many millenia. Given a good environment they just want to grow. Nearly every part of the plant is edible. Pea leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. I'd eat the flowers if not waiting patiently for pods. Seeing this video I'm going to branch out and grow snowpeas, too. I say this as I cook a pot of split pea soup and watch my indoor pea plants reach for the ceiling. You can almost watch them grow!
An interesting note for anyone familiar with the Eastern Redbud tree, native to the Americas. It is a true legume that produces edible pods that taste like snowpeas when picked young and green. We pick bushels of them and freeze them each year, after a quick blanching.
Very helpful information you are providing.Highly appreciated
Thank you, another fantastic learning video. You are amazing and so enjoyable to watch.
I grew normal peas but the plant looks like it had died off but then there is some new growth coming again. Should I rip out the plants and start again or just leave them to see how the new growth goes?
Growing some in my garden this year. Pray for the Lord's blessing for me! God bless.
Awesome thankyou. I actually preserve mine in a vinegar mustard mix and use them all year round on my cheese platters.
Thumbs up just bc of your spray advice
for how long does that harvest sustain you
how many should I plant to have plenty for year?
I like your garden setup, its very organized an matches a style that i would like to apply to my garden
I also love these! I've got them growing everywhere on my garden
Hey Mark i wanted to share something as far as aphids pure neem oil organic mixture with water in a spray bottle is a great pest control alternative to other harmful chemicals tell me what you think I started using it last year and it works awesome
Those peas are beautiful.
here in south Louisiana, plant between Christmas and New Year’s. delicious raw with peanut butter!
I just found you and I love your content and humor! Awesome stuff.
For pest control I have found that a dusting with Diatomaceous earth on lightly misted foliage can protect it from many pets with out inhibiting the pollinators since the flowers have a downward habit and pollinators aren't in the habit of messing with foliage. It takes a little extra effort since after a good rain or two you have to reapply but the results are worth the effort.
saw your very livly long sleeve shirt its great
thankyou for this tip very helpful
Do we have the lacto ferm recipe? Thanks for all the great info!
Can you show us mixed fermenting. Please interested in adding more veges to sourkrout too.
Still the best advice on growing ANYTHING.
can u do a program when u are fermenting?
Such good tips!! Just planted quite a few snow peas in pots, they’ve just broken the surface of the soil & are now seedlings! Looking forward to my first harvest 🙂
Crikey mate! Thanks for the great tips on growing snow peas!
I know we’re on the other side of the planet but I’ve been watching your vids since lockdown and never fail to learn and enjoy. Thank you 👍🏼
Tip #1: Get a real pair of pants…
beautiful video! A bit of a personal question – what happened to your arm? Did you get bit? I've been meaning to mention it as it looks scarred – just curious as to what happened to your forearm. Looks like it healed nicely though. Looks like it happened a long time ago. As someone with scars on one of his arms too it's just something that jumped out at me. You're still beautiful! 😉
Also I feel many of us listen to your videos half for the helpful tips and also for your great cheerful personality and wonderful accent – I come from canada myself and I love australian accents 🙂
I love those peas.
"That is the bee's knees" on easy! 😅
Thank you for posting this informative and succinct video. You mentioned putting spraying milk on the plants, I'm guessing non-pasteurized? You didn't specify. I wonder if that affects the flavor of the pea?
Hey, you pronounced Oregon correctly. As an Oregonian, that makes me happy.
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PEA RICELESS channel mate…lol.
great vid. what i was wondering was how to use peas, beans, those nitrogen fixing plants to add to the soil (store bought potting mix i'll have you believe). so when would the best time be to turn them back into the soil as a nutritional booster with the idea of making it more natural? what i was thinking was cooking off the potting mix with some peas/beans and tuning it back in a few times so i might plant plants that prefer a more natural soil. limited on space. cheers.
What you could do instead of blancing snow peas cut the to size you prefer and put them straight into vaccum seal bags and then freeze them, without blancing. If you have a heavy harvest keep them All in one paper bag with the date and year and what is in the paper bag for easy storage and excess.
My direct sowed peas got all dug up by squirrels 😢
Great video brother from Dallas texas!
Your videos are keeping me sane lately Mark, thank you for the well rounded gardening information and cracker jokes. Refreshing to see an authentic true blue attitude, you’re an absolute gem of a human. Best wishes