Prepping for Peas and Favas

There's a winter storm warning for the next two days and a flood warning for the two days after that! What better time to get ready for peas and fava beans?

I stopped at my Intervale garden after work, scooped some soil out of the pathways and into the beds and then filled the pathways with two wheel barrows of wood chips.

My hope is that this improves drainage as well as providing easy access to the quack grass rhizomes that like to try to sneak in from outside my plot.

I have three types of favas to plant this year - Masterpiece, Ianto's and Broad Windsor, all from Baker Creek. I'll also be replanting Schweizer Riesen and Shirk Family peas from Solstice Seeds.

I'll probably co-plant the peas with French Breakfast radishes and hope to follow the whole thing with either a fall crop or a cover crop, but we'll see.