Next year, I will have to tame my gardening excitement and start the peas and fava beans a little bit later. The snow peas started off well, but one day I left it out on a sunny day with the intention of brining in after a couple of hours and completely forgot about it. By the time I realized I forgotten to bring them back in, it was close to midnight and the soil was completely frozen. I left them inside for some time, but I think it was too much for the young seedlings to handle.
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| You can see some of the dead seedlings and more damaged foliage can be observed close up |
In addition to frost exposure, I started to noticed the every annoying fungus gnats buzzing around the soil. I sprayed it with some neem oil and spinosad spray that seemed to help a little bit. I don't know if the fungus gnat larvae contributed to the demise of my pea plants, but I do have other seedlings (like the tomatoes and peppers) that I really want to protect. So I've decided to leave the three pots with the snow pea outside, see if any of the seedlings survive, and start some new seeds in a week or two.
To end this post on a positive note, I want to share some pictures of chicks I found at a farm and garden store. I'm hoping one day in the future when I move to place with a yard that I will be able to get some pet hens. So for now, I had walk away from these super cute chicks after snapping a couple of pictures. Oh, but I so wanted to take one home. Super cute fuzzy creatures.
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| little chicks feeding |
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| chicks all huddled up |
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| little yellow puff balls |
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