Self-sufficiency gardening

9 self-sufficiency gardening Tips & Tricks

4.Peas and beans

Peas are autumn to spring crops in our environment and beans are autumn to early winter and spring to an early summer crop.

we regularly have either one of these crops going in the garden and use climbing varieties on frames to maximize the growth for the area used.

we usually have 3 to 4 plantings of each in the year, say every two months depending on the crop and this gives peas or beans for most of the year.

January to March is a little bit lean, however, we have learned that snake beans perform properly throughout this intense weather time.

For 1 m2 of ground space and a climbing frame of 4 m2 (1.3 x 3), furthermore, you can produce a large crop from 3 to 4 plants