by Noel | Apr 22, 2020 | CobraHead, Gardening, Vegetable Growing
Here are Anneliese and Andy planting peas. Andy previously had set T- posts 36 inches apart across the width of the beds and 24 inches apart along the outside edges of the bed to give us 10 trellises spaced two feet apart to work with. Lacing in the Trellis. 24” landscape fencing cut to 5-foot lengths is laced in between the posts to create the 10 individual trellises. The peas are planted 2” apart and 1/2 inch deep along each side of the trellis. Yardsticks...
by Noel | Jul 7, 2016 | CobraHead, Gardening
We’re having a bountiful pea harvest this year. The trellising system I’ve employed for the past few years works very well in allowing the peas to climb tall. The picture above, taken a few weeks ago shows, from left to right, snow peas, capucijner soup peas and two stands of sugar peas. Both varieties of sugar peas are types where you can eat the whole pod, or let them grow larger to eat the peas inside. We usually forgo any attempt to get loose...
by Noel | Apr 5, 2015 | CobraHead, Gardening
Open raised beds lend themselves well to home vegetable growing. A trellised pea planting demonstrates their versatility. I try to cover my beds with leaves in the fall. The leaves protect the beds during the hard freeze, slow down weed production, and make it easier to get into the garden early in the spring. This picture shows the leaves raked off and any weeds that did sneak through pulled out. I use the leftover leaves as mulch in the paths or I just sweep...
