Pea Brush Post

This year I am trellising or supporting my peas with pea brush, like I did last year. It is a very effective way of supporting peas with minimal effort and at no cost. Simply pick up or cut thin branches that are 3-6 feet depending on your varieties height and stick them in the ground a few inches apart. I am limited on space so I put a double row in that is about 8 inches apart. If you have lots of room you can do a single row and space them as wide as you want. Then just plant your peas against the sticks and they will ramble up them. This method of supporting peas is my favorite and I think it looks pretty good too.

I will be planting Green Arrow Shell Peas on this set. The broad beans will be planted
behind them and then greens/lettuces behind that. Around July the heat will finish
off the pea & broads beans so they will then make way for the poly tunnel that will be
planted with fall crops. Once the greens/lettuce have been harvested around late May
they will be replaced with pole beans.

This pot of pea brush will be planted with Sugar Snap Peas. They have
a fleshy pod that you eat pod and all. I am not sure where I will be placing
them yet, good thing it's mobile.

I will end with some close up photos of the peas that I have growing in the cold frame. I planted them March 27th, they were germinated indoors and then placed in the cold frame after germination. I started them in pots to get a head start on their growth and so the squirrels can't eat all the seed before they sprout. I think this method worked very well so I will continue germinating them this way.

Green Arrow Shell Peas, most are about 2" tall now

Sugar Snap Peas. They are germinating slowly, I am glade I
didn't direct sow these ones.