Peas for engarian - with bonus Frog!

[curiouswombat]

engarian asked how the pea crop was looking. So just for her, here are a couple of pictures taken earlier today, one from each side of the 'rigging';

Comments

[elwenlj]

That's a good crop of peas. I love peas, fresh out of the pod.

[curiouswombat]

I am really pleased with them - it is a better crop than we have had with the beans the past two years. So far about 3/4 of the ones picked have been eaten raw within minutes - 1/4 actually did get lightly cooked and added to dinner on a couple of evenings.

[engarian]

What a wonderful crop of peas! The rigging has certainly worked well for you and them.

I totally adore your frog. I haven't seen much of mine this year yet, but they tend to come out a bit more later in the season and mine are tiny - incredibly cute but literally bite-sized. LOL

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat]

Good aren't they! The jute rigging has been a real success - although I reckon the real reason for the bountiful crop was the presence of the pirates!

The first few frog sitings were only about the size of my thumb in their entirety - this was the biggest yet. We hadn't had frogs before this year, the first one gave me a real surprise.

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Peas taste best directly from the plant, that´s for sure!

[curiouswombat]

They are really good when they are so fresh; there were some in dinner tonight, too.

[cbtreks]

Reading this, I realized that I don't think I've ever seen a frog up close and personal. I've heard them (tree frogs) but I've only ever picked up and held toads. No warts, no princes, just toads.

The peas look very nice. I don't like cooked peas except snow peas (I know, I know....) but I don't think you have to like a food to be able to tell if it would look good to someone who does. Anyway, I do like them raw!

What are the poppy-colored flowers next to the peas? Very pretty.

[curiouswombat]

I had never been up close and personal with a frog before this summer either.

We started with plants that were supposed to be eaten as mange tout/snow peas, but the slugs got them, and these plants are the bigger version, but NYK2 ate quite a few as tiny early pods anyway.

The poppy-coloured flowers are nasturtiums - they are actually edible but I mainly grow them for the colour.

[cairistiona7]

Marvelous frog! Your peas are looking so plump and delicious... I'm sure they taste as good as they look.

[curiouswombat]

They really do taste good. S2C is not a pea fan, but even he eats them quite happily.