A new, winter-hardy pea variety called Specter is being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists for release as a high-protein livestock feed. A new, winter-hardy pea variety called ...

Gardeners love to try new things, but it’s not often we stumble upon something truly “new.” For me, that happened a few years ago, when I discovered that the shoots from a winter cover crop I was ...

THE launch of the annual Mr Fothergill’s National Sweet Pea Competition means it must be time to start sowing, and the good news is that growing sweet peas from seed is supremely simple. There are ...

When it comes to seeding rates for winter legume cover crops, more seed doesn't necessarily mean much more biomass production and weed suppression. A recent study for specialty crop growers by the ...