Announcing: Kendy L Sproul E-books Page

I am very happy to announce the arrival of my gardening ebook, Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: The Beginner’s Guide to a Bountiful, Beautiful Vegetable Garden.

You can check it out here.

Also, watch for other ebooks to arrive periodically. Right now, I’m working on another ebook that will contain a year-round gardening activities calendar full of gardening tips for each month of the year, no matter what your growing season. Be sure to watch for it!

Happy gardening!

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Heavenly Peas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite garden vegetables are peas. From the time I was a little girl, I have loved to pick peas fresh out of the garden, pop them open and devour the sweet, tender peas nestled inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, joy oh joy, the peas are nearly ready for the first harvest! Most years we would have been well into enjoying a bounty of peas by this time, with several harvests in the freezer (and under our belts – quite literally) but with the strange weather we’ve been having this year, the peas are only now beginning to fill out.

I planted the pea garden with two different types of peas this year; Little Marvels and Green Arrows, both purchased from Gurney’s Seed & Nursery  . The peas shown in the picture above are the Little Marvels and are already producing. The peas shown in the picture below are the Green Arrows and are just beginning to bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both types are bush peas and do not require staking, which is an added benefit to their high productivity and plump pods filled with sweet, tender peas.

By planting peas with varying times to maturity, we’ve managed to stretch the length of harvest and can savor the time of garden fresh peas even longer.

I hope your vegetable garden includes a pea patch and you and your family are enjoying all the taste and health benefits that garden fresh peas have to offer.

Happy gardening!

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