Daily Botanical: Mixed Up My Peas
I’m not going to relate the story of how this happened; however, it involved wasting an inordinate amount of time taking photos of the pea varieties I had planned to grow this year, followed by doing something exceptionally stupid. I did manage to identify two of the five varieties, but the rest are now in an envelop marked, ‘Edible Pea Grab Bag.’
They’re pretty though, right?
April 17th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Very pretty.
Also, I have the same tea towels. :)
April 17th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Very pretty. Perhaps the photo partly makes up for the mix-up?
April 17th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Have you ever found yourself wishing for whirled peas?
April 17th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
… someone could write a Stephen Leacock award-worthy humourous book titled The First Million Ways to Mix Up Seeds Without Trying … even with the best of intentions, it’s actually exceedingly difficult to get a plant from seed to garden with a proper label still intact - in my experience
…it makes perfect sense that if you take your babies out to play and then turn your back on them for even a second … with or without your camera on them the whole time … well
April 17th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Ah well, at least they look purty all mixed up together. You could sort them by color/size and hope for the best in terms of matching them up?? Good luck, I like the “grab bag” idea anyway.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Totally worth the mix-up for the beautiful photo.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:35 am
I got all my tomato varieties bought from the Amish mixed up after splitting them up with people yesterday. Somehow I ended up with all the ones without the labels. Here’s hoping the one in the hanging basket is indeed the 100-supersweet cherry. I figure the romas and better boys will reveal themselves. oops!
April 20th, 2009 at 10:11 am
They do look nice, and I’m sure it’ll be visually interesting when they start to get going :)
April 20th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I love the look of pea seeds! Gorgeous!
April 20th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Well, at least the picture is beautiful!