Farewell, Sweet Pea

Sweet peas were very abundant in the garden this past winter.  I planted two varieties--sugar snap peas and snow peas.  I often let the sugar snap mature as seen in the photo above rather than eating them pod and all.  I really liked this because the delectable little peas were so fabulous.

Now it is time to clean out the remain few vines and prepare the garden for the summer crops.

Adieu Sweet Peas, Adieu

After a wonderful season of snap and snow peas, the pea factory is slowly gearing down for the switch to summer plants.  The first planted "tower of peas" as I have called them this year because they have grown straight up in these tomato cages and literally tower over me, has no more blossoms or peas to be harvested.  Here is the second tower and half the vines are turning yellow.  This morning's harvest resulted in about twelve pods, a shadow of the former production seen on other days within the past week.