What to do on a rainy day

It’s been the perfect spring here in the Sierra foothills so far, and after a few weeks of sunshine, we had several days of soft spring rain.  It slowed down our planting, as we couldn’t till in the saturated soil, and became a perfect time to put up our pea trellis in the breaks between showers.

We have two 50 foot rows of edible pod peas, and they are staring to get big enough to climb.  We used 5 foot t-posts and chicken wire, and erected a mini-fence for them to climb (with all our fencing experience it was a cinch .  It’s actually better to do this before you plant the peas, as they have a delicate root system, but it was more important to get them in the ground at the time.  At the moment we’re looking forward to a beautiful week of sunshine and warm temperatures.