PEAS ON EARTH

THEY’RE EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE GREENS — TASTY, NUTRITIOUS AND, BEST OF ALL, SO EASY-PEASY TO GROW

Words Jennifer Stackhouse

Many of the peas you see in the supermarket freezer are grown near where I live in rural northwest Tasmania. Harvest time is usually through the night as the fields are picked and the peas podded and snap frozen before being trucked off to the factory to be packed. Really, the only way they could be any fresher is if you grew you own! If you fancy doing just that, late autumn into winter is the time to get growing, as peas are a cool-season crop. Fresh peas have wide appeal because they’re sweet and crunchy. If podding puts you off growing them, concentrate on peas that are eaten pod and all, including snow peas and sugar snaps. Children who won’t eat green vegies can usually be cajoled into eating peas if they’re allowed to…

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