Peas are crazy big

Well, Saul and I just ripped out the peas last weekend.This year, we decided not to tie them up. Normally, they look like this:

Kinda insane. Actually, this was more of a "we're lazy and we spent a lot of time away this season" decision rather than a thought through one. We came back from a week in the bay area to find that the plants had reached the top of a 3 foot lattice, gone 3 feet past that, fallen over, and grown back up again. While some vines were bent, it really didn't seem to hurt the plants, and actually made it easier to harvest!

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Local Brews

Maja has reminded me that I haven't posted in a year! OMG, someone reads my blog!

So, here starts more posting. :)

First up: I just found out about this awesomeness happening at Construction Junction. Let's call it a Pittsburgh Oktoberfest.

A nice thing about living in Pittsburgh: lots of local breweries. Getting local produce in the winter is tough, but local beers? Always a good selection. Among those appearing will be:

• The Church Brew Works
• East End Brewery (which is like two busway stops from my house)
• Erie Brewing Company
• Fat Head's Brew
• Great Lakes Brewing Company
• Rivertowne
• Penn Brew
• Sprague Farm
• Tröegs
• Weyerbacher

Also? It's either a 30 minute walk to my house, or a 20 minute walk and bus. So no arguing about who is DD. I suggest all you yinzers get back into town for this one. It will be awesome.

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