Sweet Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea Blossoms

Cindy planted a cover crop, including Sweet Peas, Bell Beans, Vetch and other plants in a couple of the raised beds this winter to prepare them for spring gardening.

I love the delicate pink and purple colors of the Sweet Pea blossoms; it's a nice burst of color in the San Diego winter landscape.

O.K., I know what you're thinking:  San Diego's winter landscape isn't nearly as gray and depressing as say, Oregon, Minnesota, Indiana or Colorado in February, so enjoy the photos if you live in one of those places.

It's nice to have them around for a while, but now it's time to take them down, chop up all the green stuff and add it back into the soil and the compost heap to create soil amendment.