Sweet Peas

The sweet peas eagerly awaited being transferred into the high tunnel, shoots tall and roots creeping out the bottom. I don’t know what I’m waiting for. Maybe it’s finishing the end wall door…maybe it’s planting all the tulips? Yes, you read that correctly, I have one more variety to get into the ground even though we just received a load of snow.  I’ve determined to seat them next to their sisters and not in a crate in the basement.

Back to the sweet peas. I’d been listening to flower market and growers’ podcasts, and everyone was saying that sweet peas were just the best thing for spring blooms. Really, they waxed poetic about the scent, I could almost see them drool. I’ll admit, they’ve never really caught my eye, or nose, but I was convinced to give them a try. So convinced, that I bought fifteen different varieties and created a PowerPoint slide deck to plan for a transitional color show as we look down the high tunnel row in early spring. Now, I suppose I might be savage because I didn’t plant them in true ROY-G-BIV rainbow order, but I couldn’t imagine having them any other way. See the slideshow for yourself: