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How to sow sweet peas in January

Keen to get a head start on the gardening year? Here's everything you need to know about sowing sweet peas in January ...
Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...
• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...
There is not a specific date to plant sweet pea seeds as long as you plant them in the fall: anytime in October, November or by early December. Sweet pea seeds planted in October do as well as those ...
You might say daughter-in-law Dawn Meredith Peck has the uncommon sense in this family. Or, at least, an uncommon sense of scent, a pursuit of floral fragrance which has driven her to write three ...
For as long as I can remember - which is usually about two minutes, the same as my attention span - I've heard that Good Friday is the traditional day for planting peas. That always struck me as being ...
Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus) are one of my favorite flowers! I have loved them since I was a child as they remind me of special times with mygrandmother. When September and October roll around, it ...
10:07, Sun, Jun 8, 2025 Updated: 10:10, Sun, Jun 8, 2025 Companion planting is a popular gardening technique where different crops are grown side by side to help each other thrive. Some plants can ...
One of my favorite things to do on a family road trip is to slow down and take in whatever town we are passing through. Often I spy wild purple peas climbing a rickety fence at a house or two, or ...
See how a snap pea plant growing from a seed to harvesting pods in this 60 days time-lapse. The pea seed was sowed in a pot with potting mix soil. The seedling emerged within the first week. The plant ...