Harvesting at the right stage is important to the quality of the vegetables, but there's no single answer on when to do it.

A staple of the summer garden, peas are among the easy-to-grow vegetables that'll thrive in shady areas. Lathyrus oleraceus (formerly Pisum sativum) is the scientific name covering several pea ...

Home vegetable gardeners put a lot of effort into producing the crops they put on the table. When you consider the work that goes into producing homegrown vegetables, it’s a shame when they are not ...

One of the biggest mistakes gardeners make is not starting to harvest their vegetable gardens early enough. You don’t have to wait until the announcement of an impending frost before reaping what you ...

Few things match the culinary delight of fresh peas from the family garden, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Peas are tastiest immediately after being picked, ...

No other vegetable is as closely associated with a month of the year as is garden pea, and few things match the gastronomic appeal of fresh peas from the garden. The term “early June peas” often ...

Together, Minnesota and Wisconsin harvest 40–50% of all the fresh peas grown for processing (canning and freezing) in the United States. In order to help the vegetable processing industry determine ...

Inmates at the Bossier Sheriff’s Office Corrections Facilities began their yearly task of harvesting of peas and other vegetables this week at the “Pea Farm.” This food they collect will be used to ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Pea harvest is under way in the south, but not yet general. Few samples have made it to processors, but there doesn't appear to be any reason to think quality will be an issue.