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(Pat Kiewicz) wrote:

Phaedrine Stonebridge said:

I learned to cook with pea greens (especially stir fries) when we
lived up in Madison and I shopped at the Farmer's Market there. Now
we have our own garden again but we don't know which peas are
especially good for nice tender pea greens. Can someone help me out
here so I know what to plant for next year? Thanks!

I believe these would be young plants of snowpeas -- whatever variety
is available very cheaply. Plant thickly, chop them all down when
they are a few inches tall. These would be best planted intrays
(think wheat grass) and greenhouse produced. (You could probably
snip the growing tips from snowpeas planted in the garden, too, but
the yeild of greens would be small and would hurt the yeild of
peapods.)

Pea greens are delicious sauteed very quickly with garlic in
extremely hot oil.

Here's a webpage I found where you could order wheatgrass, various
greens (including pea greens) or seeds and trays for growing your own
pea greens:

https://host.securelook.com/gourmetg/order.shtml

And looking further, info on growing peagreens in trays:

[from http://www.herbalhut.com/fyi/sprouting_seeds.htm]

Soil Method

For growing wheat grass, buckwheat, millet lettuce, sunflower greens,
pea greens and barley grass.

Soak 1¼ lbs seed in water for 12 hours. Fill 17" by 17" wheatgrass
tray with ½" soil or compost. Rinse seed and spread over soil.
Sprinkle until soil is moist. Place another tray inside the tray you
planted so that it rests directly on the seed. Water twice daily. On
the third day the sprouts should start to lift the tray. Remove tray
and water as needed. When sprouts reach desired height, snip and
enjoy. For small seed, soak about 1/3 cup seed and transfer to soil
after sprouting in jar for 1 to 2 days.


Wow! What great information. Thanks so much!