I edited my pea sprouting instructions, above. Pea's go on top of soil.

I plant peas down about an inch. I can't really think of anything I plant on the soil surface. Even with tiny seeds like carrots, I will sprinkle sand on top of where I've scattered the seed so I know where to look for seedlings (and to hopefully keep the birds from eating them). May be different in warmer zones.

Thks for the reminder! I pulled out some seeds, hoping they're still good.
Love snow peas😋

@piksihk Howdy Betsy 😎
Did you get snow peas planted ?
I finally got mine planted a couple weeks ago. They just came up, a couple days ago. A little later than I usually plant, but it's been an unusually warm fall, don't think it's gonna matter much. Besides, zones 8 & 9, can be planted from September to February.
So , if you haven't , get-er-done !!!
For longer crop, plant some in February also.
In February , I'm planing on planting, snow peas and squash in same row. 👍
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Howdy right back, Yes, @philipwonel I did sow some and still have seeds for later.

I'm looking forward to crisp delicious snow peas.

Me too, Betsy ! I hate waiting, though.😞😞😞

My snow peas and green peas are both blooming like crazy! The green peas have a lot of pods on them. Snow peas, apparently, are slower to pod up. Looking forward to fresh peas!

YEA ! Arlene
I finally got my snow peas planted. A month late. There about 16 inches tall right now. So no blooms yet.
Hears picture. In background, are my 4 year old collard plants.

Come On Arlene, make me jealous, send a picture. SMILE NOW !!!! ....CLICK !😀!

Happy gardening Arlene 👍😀
Ttfn 💃
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Philipwonel said:YEA ! Arlene
I finally got my snow peas planted. A month late. There about 16 inches tall right now. So no blooms yet.
Hears picture. In background, are my 4 year old collard plants.

Come On Arlene, make me jealous, send a picture. SMILE NOW !!!! ....CLICK !😀!

Happy gardening Arlene 👍😀
Ttfn 💃
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4 year old collards??? they survive the hot summers?

Sure do. I wouldn't lie to you Bob.
Hears, what I do.... In early spring, don't defoliate hole plant. Heat will burn up stems. Don't let em go to seed. Before, or as, the bolting bud heads, start blooming, cut them off.

There good for, stew or stir-fry.

After some time they will stop bolting ! and start growing leaves again.

Ttfn
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Good to know. I have never grown collards

Ok. I'll warn you .... you asked for it! Here are pics of snow peas and green peas on the same trellis--the snow peas has purple flowers. Then here's a picture of one of my brussels sprouts. I've never grown them before--this is exciting!!!!! I should be picking green peas in about 10 days.

Thank you Arlene 👍👍👍
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Philip, gardeners have to stick together! We help each other succeed!

Help each other succeed. I couldn't say it better, Arlene 👍. 😀😀😀.

Summer vege plants started to arrive, in stores this week !
I picked up a pony PAC of celebrity Tomatoes, and poblano peppers today 👍.

Ta ta 😀
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Oh, Philip! My poblanos are recovering and have open blooms on them. As I said before, they will grow and bear fruit through the summer when nothing else can tolerate Florida heat. Of course, they are mild now and will be much more spicy in the summer!! My spring garden will be substantially smaller than the winter garden--lettuce, radish, cukes, green and yellow beans. Plus the carry over Anaheims and Poblanos.

Isn't it fun to grow your own stuff????

Oh Yes ! The growing bug, and cooking bug, got me at ? like, 13, 14, years old.
Get this ! First time I wanted to make some fudge. Instructions said ! 350 degrees. I mixed fudge up. Put it in 350 degree oven, for time recipe said. Time was up. Fudge looked like water. When I started to take it out, I burned my hand, and dropped the whole pan. Right at the bottom of oven door....!!! 😟😟😟

That's when I learned...
You don't make fudge in the oven.
Woops. 😭😭😭

Oh, my! I understand! Second week in December, my hair dresser again joined me to make hundreds of cookies. I cook & bake. She basically does neither. Last year she watched and stirred when I told her to. This year,she was more assertive, but still looking for direction. We did fudge for the first time. I've been afraid of it, but wanted to add it to the cookie trays. I used my instant read thermometer for hard boil stage. We pulled the pan off and stirred. The fudge was to die for!

Last week I joined her and her mother (100 yr old) at a local sea food restaurant. She told mom that she never, ever had used a candy thermometer and she was surprised when I used it. I told her what I had wasn't a candy thermometer, but that I had one in the drawer. What I used was more accurate and made cooking easier. She agreed. She loved the fudge we made. Might have to make it for Valentines Day.

We all have to learn. It's just more pleasant and easier when we learn from someone who knows how to do it.

GardenerBob said:

4 year old collards??? they survive the hot summers?

Several years ago an old fellow called me to come get a swarm of bees off his collard plants. I thought to myself, these bees have more or less got to be on the ground. I got there and the bees were about four feet off the ground hanging on a six-foot tall collard plant. There were probably a dozen plants from probably three foot tall to six foot tall growing beside a 4' tall fence. The gentleman said he'd just go out and pick some leaves when he wanted some collards...they'd been there "for several years". I don't know if he snipped the flowers off or not. Really interesting.

Wow, Ed !😀! You saw, Six foot Collards. I wish I had been there. I would of been FLIPPING, OUT. And checking out the way he supported them, stakes I suppose.

Six foot, gee ! Make mine, at three, four feet, sound like babies.

Thanks You for your post, because I thought I was goning to get, whip-lashed from others saying, that there was no way, that I could have 4 year old collards.

My sister can't wait to get hers as tall as mine, so she doesn't have to bend over to pick them.

Ta ta for now 👍👍
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