Growing Sweet Peas Parts 1 & 2

Growing Sweet Peas was my main preoccupation with my third winter garden. I grew four varieties last year and had such good luck, I tripled the number of vines and doubled the number of varieties. In other words, I went for broke!

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Sugar sweet pea blossom

All through December, I had gorgeous white and magenta blossoms.

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Purple Magnolia Sweet Pea blossom

Beginning of January, I was harvesting sweet and snow peas.

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Sweet Peas
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Purple Magnolia Sweet Pea

Then, by late January, the vines, some worse than others, were attacked by fungus. I thought it was powdery mildew for awhile, but now I am not so sure.

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Spotted and shriveled pea vines

Please watch Growing Sweet Peas Part 2 and let me know what you think! If you have advice about growing sweet peas in a microclimate by the Pacific Ocean, PLEASE let me know! Thanks! And I hope you will share with others who care about growing their own food and knowing where their food comes from.

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