Shown above is a sugar snap pea plant. If you look closely, you'll be able to see blooms and a fruit. When these first begin to fruit, I pick them when they are really small. This helps the plant grow larger and stronger to make many more peas at a later date. I will pick the little immature pods until the plant reaches at least 2.5 ft tall. Here they are only ~1.5 ft. If I were to leave the fruit on to ripen, energy would be diverted to the fruit instead of continued plant growth. I take this same approach with squash.
Above you see me holding some baby cabbage plants and some carrots. Because I direct seeded the cabbages, they need to be thinned. I picked these to make more room for the stronger, larger cabbages that stand a greater chance of making a nice head. The little guys do not need to be wasted; I can use them in my stir fry!
I cut up my harvest of mature carrots and sparse baby cabbage and tossed in the handful of snow peas that I found. Stir until tender, then add rice and scrambled eggs (from my chickens of course).
Voila! Stir fry rice! Yummy!
