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EASY-PEASY

We are so used to buying a bag of peas from the freezer section of the supermarket that it seems strange to remember that peas grown in the garden come in pods not packets!

Fresh peas have lots of appeal because they are sweet and crunchy. Children who won’t eat green vegies can usually be drawn into eating peas they’ve plucked straight from the garden.

Immature green peas are very sweet. Indeed, snow peas — the flat green peas you eat pod and all — are a good choice to grow to get children involved in gardening as they are delicious and crop very

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