See how a snap pea plant growing from a seed to harvesting pods in this 60 days time-lapse. The pea seed was sowed in a pot ...

In Season suggests picking fresh peas off the vine - or your local supermarket - to enjoy this spring. Here’s how lucky we are. In much of the country, peas aren’t planted until St. Paddy’s Day on ...

The most successful crop in The Chronicle's rooftop garden this spring has been snow peas. Because they are nitrogen-fixers, the plants nurture the soil as well as our bellies, and are among the ...

Poets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They may well be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it ...

In many parts of the country, fresh spring peas are already in the markets. (The season starts on the West Coast and extends through mid-summer on the East Coast and Midwest.) This is cause for ...

My grandmother grew pink sweet peas to cover tattered tar paper siding on a shed in her tiny garden on the east side of Buffalo. I remember my sister and me picking the flowers and seed pods for ...

There is one plant you can always count on to do well no matter what the weather hereabouts, and that is the sweet pea. No wonder the English gardener refers to this flower as the Queen of Annuals and ...

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 ...

Delicate tendrils and sweet-tasting pea-flavored leaves are just some of the phrases used to describe pea shoots (Pisum sativum), showing quite a presence at restaurants, farmers' markets and ...

My son loves peas. He asks for them all winter. “Please,” he begs at February dinnertimes, pointing to the frozen Birds-Eye, “make peas.” And each time, I refuse. “We can’t eat peas in February,” I ...