raeDecember 24th, it was down in the mid-30sF last night, and I found one single blossom still on those #ShellingPeas.
The #ShellingPeas are still alive, and it's Jan 7th, but we will most-likely finally get temps that are below freezing at night and around freezing during the day this next coming weekend. I found a couple blossoms near the top of the vines and a lone pod hanging in there. #KingTutPeas
#ShellingPeas after they got snowed on over Sunday night, and the sun melted most of the snow by Monday afternoon, when I took this picture.
Bless their cold-enduring little roots, there were still a few blossoms on the tops. #ColdHardy
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@raye how the hell are you doing all this in PNW? everything is dead and dormant in KC.
@teslas_moustache that's why I keep posting pics of these peas and going WTF?
We've had a weird autumn-into-winter, and these cold hardy peas from the UK have just not given any fucks. Also, I am at 220 ft above sea level in between Lake Washington and Puget Sound, so it's actually like a cool Mediterranean climate most of the year.
I didn't cut them down when it became clear I wouldn't really get peas, and now it's just become a game of watching how long they survive.
@raye that's awesome. I wonder how they'd do over here. I'll bet part of their success is due in part to regular rainfall..? which we don't tend to get a ton of. I gotta fix the water spigot this year...*sigh*
@teslas_moustache I know that keeping the pea vines watered well is what gets them through the smaller freezes.
And so it was that on Wednesday February 19, 2020, I brought the #ShellingPeas saga to an end. We finally had enough freezing weather nights to knock out the pea vines and I took everything down.
The wire panels are going to be given a new task in the raised bed, and I'd like to see if I can do a legume tripod or two across the yard for spring.
