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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
691 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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 Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 07:18:09 AM
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So I went out to my garden today and picked almost a gallon of peas. I have been shelling them for my daughter to eat as a snack. I have been preserving the "shell" part and would like to know. Is there anything i can do with them, or they best for the compost heap?
Thanks all
Em
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 07:21:31 AM
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They make good chicken feed.
Betty in Pasco |
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vegetarian farmer
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Jane
Freedom
pa
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 10:14:52 AM
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I throw some in the freezer with all my other odds and ends -onion skins, bean tops, kale stalks, celery bases. carrot tops, other garden scraps. Then when I get enough I boil down for vegetable stock. I use then or refreeze stock for when I need it. That way I feel like nothing goes to waste and I am sure there is some nutrition in there.
Jane
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
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Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 2:49:59 PM
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I know my goats loved every pea shell they could get when I was shelling my peas this spring! LOL!!
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 4:54:15 PM
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Jane, very good idea. I never even thought of doing that. I will now. And my goats also love the shells. I picked some the other day and they nearly came over the fence to get them. And they also love kale which is so good for them. And they can have all they want because I don't like it. But do love peas. And I ate them raw too.
Kris
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
691 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
691 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 7:20:58 PM
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I ran over to the lady down the street and gave them to her, she also asked me to keep the leafy tops for her goat, next batch on monday!
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 11:43:16 PM
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My chickens won't eat them. I tried, but wound up havin to rake them up. My 18 m/o ate my whole first pickin of peas raw as her lunch! I only got enough for a single serving, but I never dreamed she'd eat them raw like that.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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Shells...of peas
