The most successful crop in The Chronicle's rooftop garden this spring has been snow peas. Because they are nitrogen-fixers, the plants nurture the soil as well as our bellies, and are among the ...

In Season suggests picking fresh peas off the vine - or your local supermarket - to enjoy this spring. Here’s how lucky we are. In much of the country, peas aren’t planted until St. Paddy’s Day on ...

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 ...

In many parts of the country, fresh spring peas are already in the markets. (The season starts on the West Coast and extends through mid-summer on the East Coast and Midwest.) This is cause for ...

Poets and gardeners agree that no flavor better captures spring’s sweet song than that of a perfect English pea. They may well be right, but most of us are just going to have to take their word for it ...

They are green, round and edible; this describes green, snow and sugar snap peas. Although they may resemble each other, there are small differences between them. They are all climbing plants and ...

Delicate tendrils and sweet-tasting pea-flavored leaves are just some of the phrases used to describe pea shoots (Pisum sativum), showing quite a presence at restaurants, farmers' markets and ...