🌱🟢 How to Grow Peas (Terrain) 

Peas are like green garden sweets that grow in magical pods! The Terrain variety is great for UK gardens, and you can grow them in a garden bed, a big pot, or even a raised box. Let’s grow a pea-picking paradise! 🐛🌻

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🧺 What You’ll Need:

• Terrain pea seeds 

• Compost or soil

• A trowel (or a spoon!)

• A pot

• Bamboo sticks or string for climbing

• Watering can or spray bottle

• Sunshine and smiles 😄

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📅 When to Sow

• Outdoors: From March to June

• Peas like the cooler spring weather — not too hot or frosty!

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🌱 Planting Your Peas Outside

👣 Step-by-step:

1. Choose a sunny spot in your garden or fill a big deep pot with soil.

2. Make a little trench (a shallow line in the soil) about 2cm deep.

3. Drop a seed every 5–7cm along the line like you’re planting little green treasures!

4. Cover the seeds with soil and pat it down gently.

5. Water carefully — don’t make a puddle! 💧

🌟 TIP: Plant more seeds every 2 weeks for pea snacks all summer!

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🧗 Help Them Climb!

Peas grow tall and twisty, so give them something to climb:

• Use bamboo sticks or build a fun pea teepee with string.

• As the peas grow, they’ll grab onto the sticks with curly “arms” called tendrils!

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🌿 Looking After Your Peas

💧 Water

• Keep the soil moist but not soggy.

• Water more often when the weather is sunny!

🌞 Sunlight

• Peas love the sun, but cooler days are okay too.

🐞 Watch for Bugs

• Peas are tough, but if you see tiny bugs, gently wash the leaves with water.

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🟢 When to Pick Peas!

• June to August, look for fat, green pods.

• Gently open one — are the peas round and plump?

• If yes… you’ve got peas, please!

Use two hands to pick the pods so you don’t hurt the plant.

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🥣 Eating Your Garden Goodies

• Eat them straight from the pod — they’re super sweet!

• Add to salads, stir-fries, or pop them in your lunchbox!

• Try them with a little butter for a yummy snack!

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🤩 Fun Ideas

• 🏕️ Pea Teepee Tent: Grow peas in a circle around tall sticks and sit inside your plant fort!

• 🟢 Pea Tracker: Measure how tall your pea grows every week — does it grow faster than you?

• 🧙 Magic Pod Watch: Count how many pods grow on your plant — make a guess and check each day!

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💡 Top Tips

• Slugs like young peas — protect them with crushed eggshells or wool pellets around the base.

• You can grow more peas every few weeks for endless crunchy fun!

• Save some dried pods at the end of summer to plant next year!