2K views | Meet Farmer Wills, dedicated dad and proud pea-harvesting farmer.  Join us as he takes us behind-the-scenes on his farm in Ongaonga, NZ.  #McCain #PeaHarvest #NZ #Farming | McCain Foods Australia | Facebook

I have a fun little surprise to share, we created a new video resource dedicated to harvesting sweet pea seeds! It includes the right stage to harvest seedpods, the best time to harvest, and tips for drying, shelling and storage. There’s a link below to watch it. Saving your own seed is an easy way to increase stock of your favorite varieties, and it’s a lot of fun to gift extra seeds to family and friends. I hope this video encourages you to give it a try! https://www.floretflowers.com/resource

We LOVE our pea walls each year 😍 FIRST: my last frost date is mid April. If yours is mid May, you are one month later. Or you may want to start indoors! A few tips: 🫛 Every year we plant peas in the last week of March directly into the soil. 🫛 Direct sow is the easiest and the vines are stronger (if you have a shorter garden season start indoors) 🫛 We ignore spacing rules 🫛 We plant on each side of the trellis 🫛 We planted a large trellis variety- alderman (aka tall telephone) One more ti