Peas!

Let there be peas on earth...

...and let it begin with me.

Giddy, I tell you.  I'm positively giddy.  I've been checking and and tonight I was rewarded -- my very first, my very own, baby pea sprouts.  With the prediction of a sunny, warm weekend (70F!), the fewer than half-dozen germinating sprouts will no doubt be joined by many more.  I have to do a little thing with some hooks and string for support before they get too big -- not crochet, although perhaps it would be good practice -- hahaha, crocheted chains to support the climbing peas -- because that's about the only support my hooking would provide at this point.  That reminds me of when my stepmom taught Katie & Ali to crochet a chain when they were little.  They took turns and crocheted a chain that reached from our front porch to their friends' front porch and back -- three houses down and across the street!

Comments

[Oiyi]

Grow little sprout, grow!

[Mary Fran]

That's so funny! My MIL taught my 6 year old to crochet a chain this past weekend. I told him about the long chain your daughters made and now he is on a mission.

[Carole]

Your picture made me smile this morning. Thanks!

[Carol]

OMG, you're a riot! Peas on earth good fill toward men and women :D You started it...A chain is all my youngest would do, it's pretty long too.

[Norma]

Gah, maybe MAYBE I can plant some peas this weekend. It has just been brutal here.

I love your "let there be peas on earth...and let it begin with me..."

Mwah.

You know the bumper stickers that say, "Visualize Whirled Peas"? Yesterday I saw one that said, "Visualize Impeachment." I liked it.

[kathy b]

Oh PEAS.

[Julia]

whirled peas, please. It's too late for peas here, but soon it will be okra planting time. Love the chain story.

[margene]

This post is full of happiness. It's good to hear it in your 'voice'. Go peas!

[pamela wynne]

SO exciting!! makes me want to go check on my seedlings...

[Angie]

Mmmmm, fresh garden peas...I can't wait, when's dinner?

[Romi]

Woohoo! Spring is here. :)

[beth]

I always want to grow peas and always forget to plant them early enough Congratulations!

[Margaret]

My dad plants peas every year, and I used to help him set up the posts-and-string contraption he'd fill the raised beds with. They were ingenious devices. When I was little, I also used to finger-knit chains out of an entire ball of cheap yarn -- long enough to wrap around the outside of our house -- so the story about your daughters made me smile. Happy spring, and hooray for sprouting peas!

[nova]

I wish there was something growing in my garden...but I suppose I would have to plant something in order for that to happen. I will have to live vicariously, as my gardening skill leave much to be desired.

[melanie]

Fantastic picture!! PEAS!!!!