Master Gardeners, December 5

PEAS PORRIDGE HOT...
           PEAS PORRIDGE COLD

It’s a Pea Fest this month at the Green Tent as the LA County Master Gardeners return with FREE plants and seeds galore! Sunday, Dec. 5 from 9 am to 1 pm.

This month you can pick from a variety of garden peas:

Sugar Snap peas are crisp and delicious, eaten raw, steamed, blanched for your salads and side dishes…eat the entire pod as well as the peas. These are the chunky peas.

Snow peas make a wonderful addition to stir fries, but can also be eaten raw or cooked, pods and all. These are the FLAT, SKINNY peas.

And for those who like to do a little work in the spring, there will also be shelling peas! You won’t want to eat those pods, but don’t throw them away — use them in your compost 

Plus to help you make salads in the winter, they’re bringing mesclun mix lettuces, other mixed lettuces, Swiss Chard and mixed kales!

Top it all off with some edible flowers: Calendula! So many uses for this pretty plant: 

We hope you’ll bring your gardening questions and your empty six packs for the MGs to recycle and use to grow more plants for you!