Q. I am an urban farmer managing a small Community Service Agriculture (CSA) operation and am researching the butterfly pea.

STANWOOD, Wash. — If you want to grow your own plants or flowers but don't have a green thumb - a new book is here to help! Marryn Mathis is the founder of the Farmhouse Flower Farm in Stanwood.

Why grow sweet peas as a screen? Sweet peas need support and a screen is a great way of exploiting their natural growing habit while introducing height, colour and scent in one season. Create a ...

The colourful blooms of sweet peas, held on long, straight stems, make perfect cut flowers. Plus, the more you pick them, the more buds form to make fresh flowers. Not all varieties have their famous ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions These traditional wigwams make it easy to pick peas and smell ...