Time to Harvest Peas

Just a note that my regular peas were harvested yesterday. I got about two cups of pea pods (enough for one meal) and actually I was able to eat them without shelling, more like a snap pea. They were a lighter green but sweet and delicious!

The snap peas are starting to fill out now and they are a nice mid value green. Interesting in that they are slower to mature than the regular peas.

So far I would say that the vegetable that produces the most food per square inch or the most bang for your balcony planting buck is lettuce, believe it or not. The peas were really nice though.

Snap Peas Growing Like Crazy Supported by Trellis in a Container

The sugar snap peas are three feet tall! 

This is the first time I have ever grown snap peas and I had no idea they grew to such a height before they flowered. I had constructed a trellis that was smaller but then as I saw them continue to grow I added a second bamboo trellis behind the first one. It seems to be working well enough. If a storm comes though I would move them to the ground and against the wall for support.

The snap peas at the upper left, regular peas behind
and cucumber seedlings lower right

As you can see it's really beginning to look like a little corner garden. The snap peas have about 11 flowers and have already borne one pod which was delicious! I will be feeding them again this week. The regular peas don't need trellising or staking but the sugar snaps sure do. I love the height of them but next year I think I will grow them behind the regular peas and have them in the long box. They look beautiful from inside the apartment as they blow to and fro in the breeze. I almost forget I live nineteen floors up.