The pea was delikata and I chose it because it can be picked as mange tout or will mature into peas. My past experience with peas has not been very good, either picking them too soon or leaving them too long... so to be on the safe side I have been picking them as mange tout.
The only ones that made it to the pea stage were a few pods that I accidently missed until it was too late to pick them as mange tout so I let them grow on. The first time there were only 3 pods
When I opened them up, one was completely empty which was a bit random, but the others were suitably contained
I tasted one of them and it was a complete pea explosion... I have never tasted anything so sweet, I ended up eating them all before I even had a chance to think about cooking them. I will definitely be growing them next year, specifically for peas rather than mange tout.
The french beans have just started to be ready for harvesting, well I picked these three a week ago, but they were just ahead of the rest on the plants for some reason
Both are dwarf varieties. The yellow ones are called gold dukkat and they are now producing very quickly... good job they are easy to spot against the green leaves of the plant.
I already have a batch of these in the freezer. The green ones, delinel are a bit behind but just as tasty.
Overall, I am very pleased with these new varieties and hope to continue picking every day for the foreseeable
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