Peas are a dinner staple for most Brits with a huge number being grown over 35,000 hectares in the UK each year. But did you know that growing them yourself at home can be easier and more cost ...

Happy St. Patrick’s weekend; a time for ordinary people to drink beer laced with green dye and for MY people — gardeners — to start their peas. Spring crops like peas and salad greens are difficult to ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

Autumn light fades, but a tray of seeds can still set a bright promise. A tiny October ritual brings long months of scent.

Spring is the perfect time to get out into the garden and grow your own vegetables. There are lots of vegetables that can be grown in early spring, including peas, tomatoes, runner beans and Brussels ...

Peas are frost tolerant and germinate best in cool soil, so they should be planted in very early spring as soon as garden soil is workable. Optimum soil temperature for pea germination is 40 to 70 ...

Even though the weather might be getting colder, there are quite a few varieties of vegetables you can plant in November if ...

The lowly pigeon pea offers many benefits to akamai gardeners. Not only is it a drought-tolerant, small and attractive tree but it also offers an edible crop and fixes nitrogen. As the leaves of ...