tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post404235292796265883..comments2024-02-23T03:26:11.779+00:00Comments on Growing Things and Making Things: Peas in our time?Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-68786488293650052992013-01-26T13:36:35.466+00:002013-01-26T13:36:35.466+00:00Ah, so no need for indoor bees, then. It's tru...Ah, so no need for indoor bees, then. It's true, the flowers were cheering, even if I didn't get any peas.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-51315603184583525932013-01-25T18:47:24.498+00:002013-01-25T18:47:24.498+00:00So if they had been mange tout you would be onto a...So if they had been mange tout you would be onto a winner there! From what I've read, peas are self-fertile and don't need pollinating... I'm feeling hungry looking at your picture and just to get some flowers in winter is an achievement! Millymollymandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990749863025598526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-44871760550947783442013-01-22T10:15:33.985+00:002013-01-22T10:15:33.985+00:00We leave a small window open in the conservatory s...We leave a small window open in the conservatory so the cat doesn't get trapped in there. As it is, she'd rather we opened the door for her than go out through the window and round to her cat flap in the other door. I'm not sure about bees in there, though (apart from that time I left a barrel of honey in there and a whole swarm of them came in), but maybe other pollinating insects...?<br /><br />Snow peas definitely a better bet - if only Ian liked them!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388623297510187244.post-68233335921060350742013-01-21T22:57:05.891+00:002013-01-21T22:57:05.891+00:00Oh dear... this is why I prefer to plant snow peas...Oh dear... this is why I prefer to plant snow peas with edible pods - no waiting for them to mature and they taste so yummy. But I wonder how they managed to get pollinated indoors... can the bees get in?EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.com