Growing sweet peas from seed is rewarding and relatively straightforward, but as with most things, problems can sometimes arise. These range from leggy, weak growth to interloping pests, and such ...

My grandmother grew pink sweet peas to cover tattered tar paper siding on a shed in her tiny garden on the east side of Buffalo. I remember my sister and me picking the flowers and seed pods for ...

There’s a red mystery vegetable served with your plate of greens at a friend’s dinner party. To spare being rude, you dive in. The tasty surprise is a turnip from Sweet Pea’s Garden in Palisade (719 ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

Some flowers look beautiful; some smell good. Still others manage to accomplish both. Sweet peas — along with lilacs, for example, and certain lilies — rank with the multitasking superstars that ...

Q: Thanks for answering my tomato questions. What is the best way to start poppy seeds and sweet peas indoor for planting outside? I tried last year and had a hard time. I love poppies and sweet peas.

When we get this close to Valentine's Day, I have to remind myself, and perhaps you, that the last half of February is time to get sweet peas and plant them. This is the newest trick to get the most ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS – Sweet peas are a classic flower in English gardens since they were introduced in the 17th century from southern Italy and have transplanted well to all parts of the world, including ...