Summary:  This Oriental favorite produces tender, sweet pods that are edible along with the small, tender seeds inside. Delicious raw as finger food or in salads, young edible-podded peas can be cooked unshelled as garden beans, steamed, or stir-fried. May be frozen.
When and where to plant:  Select sunny location and plant in very early spring as soon as soil can be worked. Cultivate soil and enrich with vegetable food and organic matter. Continue planting at 2 week intervals until mid-spring. Plant again in late summer for late fall crop. Firm soil over seed.
Care: Provide support for tall growing varieties. Water by soaking soil to reduce danger of disease.
Harvesting:  Pick regularly when peas first begin to bulge and the pod is still nearly flat.
Health Note:  A good source of minerals and Vitamins A₁, B₁, B₂, Niacin and C.