I went on a walk in downtown Ogden this afternoon (amid some grumblings from my friends) and saw some really unique homes. One of those homes had a garden with onions. The onions were huge! (well, at least the green above ground part). I am doing something wrong with my onions. Does anyone have any advice?
The peas are really starting to weigh down the trellis. The netting is not holding very well, so I'll need to figure out another way to tighten it.
Also, note that there is a trace of snow on the ground...are you kidding me?! It's May 17th and we're still getting snow. Now I understand why these are called snow peas. Speaking of snow peas, here are some little known facts about them:- Snow peas are thought to be an Asian vegetable. That’s because today they are essential to Chinese cooking.
- Snow peas are the main pea eaten in China and Japan.
- Snow peas were first cultivated in Holland.
- The snow pea was developed by Dutch farmers in 1536. The Dutch love developing new tender, sweet peas.
- From Holland, snow peas—which were then known as Dutch peas—traveled to England and from England traders introduced snow peas to China. The Chinese name for snow pea is hoh laan dau—which means Holland pea.
- The Chinese snow pea did not get the name snow pea in China. Immigrant Cantonese farmers in San Francisco during the nineteenth century called the Chinese pea shii dau—snow pea. No one is sure why.
1 comment:
I feel like the information concerning Snow peas is off, did you Google it or Bing it? Cause Binging it is ill-advised. Also your drainage is bad, too much water on the onions inhibited growth. Lastly, in regards to the peas, just get some high tensile strength fishing line, that'll fix anything.
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