Add this small but rewarding vegetable to your garden. Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. While peas are ...

A staple of the summer garden, peas are among the easy-to-grow vegetables that'll thrive in shady areas. Lathyrus oleraceus (formerly Pisum sativum) is the scientific name covering several pea ...

In some gardening circles, a gardener’s skill is measured by how soon he or she gets the first bowl of shelling peas on the table. Peas are a good choice for such competition, because raising a good ...

Fresh peas are very hard to find at a supermarket, but you can find them at area farmers’ markets from mid-May until the end of June. Be forewarned: At the Sunday farmers’ market under the Jones Falls ...

Peas — be they shelling, sugar or snap — may well be the perfect crop for the Chicago garden. A cool weather-loving legume, its seeds can be sown in early April to appease the cultivation yearnings of ...

The vining pea harvest has kicked off, with viners busy in Lincolnshire. This week’s heatwave also means the barley harvest is only a few days away, with farmers across the UK reporting rapidly ...

Since 2003, the Youth Harvest Project has put a crew of teens to work on the PEAS Farm, the Program in Ecological Agriculture and Society, and it shows at least some workers who are accustomed to junk ...