A Big Harvest for The Horse Today!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (222571)
Walnut Creek, California
March 24, 2023 8:48pm CST
I harvested more snow peas from my "balcony garden" on this sunny Friday and put about ten in my spectacular (frozen) chicken and mashed potatoes dinner this evening.
I have harvested about 20 snow peas so far this Spring, and think I may have 30 more yet to harvest. What a yield! Do you realize that if snow peas were worth $20,000 each, I'd have a million dollar harvest? In one rainy Winter?
Anyway, dinner was good, and I'll try to find a picture of my kids after a similarly successful harvest a few years back. I think we were excited about seven or eight green beans as Fall rolled around.
Do you grow your own vegetables? 
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@DaddyEvil (140422)
• United States
25 Mar 23
Pretty and I always grow tomatoes in the flowerbed at the front of the house. We always grow green onions in a pot on the front porch and keep cutting the green tops off to add to different dishes I'm cooking. Last year was the first time I'd tried to grow spinach on the front porch. It grew well but when we started getting broiling temps, the spinach bolted so I had to pull it up and throw it away. We planted another pot of lettuce and it was doing well until a squirrel found it and decided it was his personal garden. He ate all the lettuce so I planted again... He ate all the lettuce so I planted again and put a screen wire over the lettuce so he couldn't reach it... We go a couple of good salads out of it before the heat caused it to bolt, too.
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@DaddyEvil (140422)
• United States
25 Mar 23
@TheHorse All last Summer we called him the fat little squirrel. He ate so much lettuce that he had a big belly... We will be using the screen wire again this year, too.
I've got the pots ready for planting but only sowed spinach, so far. It can stand some cold weather but the other plants can't.
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@TheHorse (222571)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil Good random knowledge. I may not remember it. Spinach. I can plant early. That squirrel must have had to pee a lot. I hope he was polite about it.
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@celticeagle (170766)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Mar 23
I don't anymore. I used to have a vegetable garden and many herbs growing. And, of course I had some strawberries growing too.
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@celticeagle (170766)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Mar 23
@TheHorse .........I escaped my husband and had no room for one in an apartment.
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@wolfgirl569 (110899)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Mar 23
We do. But it's not warm enough yet
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@wolfgirl569 (110899)
• Marion, Ohio
25 Mar 23
@TheHorse In the ground won't be until the middle to the end of May
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@TheHorse (222571)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar 23
@wolfgirl569 I may plant some seeds early and save some for later as well. I'll call it an "experiment."
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@RasmaSandra (82219)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 23
Good for you and enjoy those snow peas. No longer any place to grow vegetables.
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@RasmaSandra (82219)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Mar 23
@TheHorse I don't think so this is mainly a resort town.
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@TheHorse (222571)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar 23
@RasmaSandra Hmm. Maybe a nice community garden could become a tourist attraction.
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@BarBaraPrz (48357)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Mar 23
Yes, I do grow veggies. And raspberries and strawberries and rhubarb. Remember, I showed off my beans and corn last summer, probably some funky carrots, too.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
25 Mar 23
That picture brought a smile to my lips. 4 pieces for your 4 kids. great! I hope you would harvest more next time. I wish I could grow my own vegetables but as it is, all my surroundings are made of pavement. I planned to buy plants in pots but I tried growing red pepper before but the mosquitoes made it a breeding ground, so I stopped. Back in the barrios where my old folk live. We had our own backyard garden, where we grow all types of vegetables, such as tomatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplants, pepper, squash, lettuce, and yes, green beans
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@xander6464 (44665)
• Wapello, Iowa
29 Mar 23
You should double your Snow Pea Acreage. Call your County Agent. He'll guide you through the process.
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Mar 23
I usually grow a tomato plant and we have some herbs and strawberries.
@LindaOHio (183822)
• United States
16 Apr 23
Cute picture...I'll bet the peas taste yummy. No, we only grow weeds.
