Peas can be sown in November

Peas can be sown in November

Peter Norris
November 16, 2015

With the prospect of frost (day frost) next week, it is time to sow the peas in a manure pile. I have previously overwintered peas under plastic in the open air. Some years it has succeeded, other years severe frosts have taken the lives of the small plants, and a single year in March I discovered neat rows with only small holes after the mice had had a party. So I decided to drop the project.

Last year, anyway, as a sudden instinct, I sowed a remnant of a bag of Exzellenz in a mist bench on November 17th. Just before Christmas came the first sprouts, and during June came a quite satisfactory harvest of 2-3 kilos. So it should be tried again this year. The advantage of overwintering in a manure bank is partly that it is easier to cover with a few layers of non-woven fabric as needed, and partly that it is not so easy for the mice to find the treats.