DENVER — Gardeners begin planting in earnest around St. Patrick's Day. Inside, we celebrate the day with pots of shamrocks. Shamrocks don't really exist in Ireland or anywhere else. They're just Dutch ...

DENVER — St. Patrick's Day has long been the traditional date to plant peas. No, it's not too cold or too early. Peas are cool season crops. They germinate and grow best in cool--even cold--weather.

Peas are a cool season crop planted in November and February. While November has past, February is a good month to plant peas that will mature in early spring. Three types of peas are grown by home ...

Close up of pea plant with pods - Aleksandra Duda/Shutterstock Getting your hands dirty in the garden while it's still winter might feel a bit early, but for the garden pea (Pisum sativum), these ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I can’t remember exactly who or what first drew me to growing sweet peas—it might have been the great ...

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The glory of the sweet-pea bloom is behind her, but Glenys Johnson still loves autumn, perhaps most of all. As she pulls the dry pods from her spent vines and opens them to remove the seeds, she knows ...

NOW storm Gareth has collected his tithe of compost lids and cloches maybe we can get back to getting ready for spring? I hope your greenhouses stood up to the winds. This year I’m making an early ...