The Makkelijke Moestuin in 3 minutes

The Makkelijke Moestuin in 3 minutes

Here you'll read how, with our system, you can harvest up to 5x more than from a regular vegetable garden. On just a few square meters, all natural, pesticide-free, and with almost no work.

The full Makkelijke Moestuin guide

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Makkelijke Moestuin vs traditional vegetable garden

1. Makkelijke Moestuin vs traditional vegetable garden

Giving each plant enough light, air, water, space, nutrients, and attention is pretty tricky. Not in a Makkelijke Moestuin: there, it happens all by itself.

 About us

2. About us

Why Jelle started Makkelijke Moestuin, how it grew into a movement, and why we work differently from most companies.

 The garden bed

3. The garden bed

The garden bed is the heart of the Makkelijke Moestuin system. Its smart setup gives your plants almost everything they need from the start.

 The soil mix

4. The soil mix

In a Makkelijke Moestuin, you don't use garden soil but a special growing mix in which all your plants thrive.

 The water reservoir

5. The water reservoir

Why a smart water reservoir helps your plants grow better while saving you time and effort: how it works, and how and when to water.

6. The sowing system

In a Makkelijke Moestuin, you sow in 30 x 30 cm squares instead of rows, placing each plant in the right position with the right spacing.
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Sugar snap

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Description

The sugar snap, also known as the snap pea, is a sweet pea indeed. You can eat the whole pod too: the crunchy, thick pod walls are extra tasty. 

Specifications

Sowing time: mid-February - June and August
Height: 60-70 cm
Weight: 15 grams

In the app

Sowing: 16 February - 30 June , 1 August - 31 August

Level 1

pre-sprouting

Level 2

peas sown

Level 3

first seedlings

Level 4

small plants

Level 5

supported

Level 6

first sugar snap peas visible

Level 7

harvesting continues

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  • The app helps you with almost everything you do in your vegetable garden: sowing, tending, and harvesting.
  • If something goes wrong, the app tells you what steps to take.
  • If that doesn’t work, you can ask us for advice.
  • If that still doesn’t help, we’ll look for other solutions together. Until we get it right.

What’s so special about our sugar snap?

Snap pea pods have thick, fleshy skin. Unlike other peas, the pods are super tasty. So you eat the crunchy pod whole, just like snow peas. Enjoy the fresh, sweet taste.

If you leave the pods hanging for too long, the skin becomes too tough to eat. Then you’ll shell the peas - they are delicious too.

Snap peas: full of vitamins, minerals and fiber

Sugar snaps contain vitamins A, B1, B5, and B6 and lots of vitamin C. Also, minerals like potassium, beta-carotene, and phosphorus.

Sugar snaps are low in calories, but high in fiber. Fiber is good for your digestion and makes you feel full. They also contain some protein: good for vegans and vegetarians.

You usually eat them cooked but they're also tasty raw. Just don't eat too many raw sugar snaps: like many other legumes, sugar snaps contain some lectins. Lectins in large quantities are a recipe for a stomach ache. Cooking prevents this.

Sugar snap peas

Jessy is a compact sugar snap variety. The plants grow to around 60 to 70 cm tall, so they don't need a trellis, but they do need a small support to keep them neatly within the square.

The plants tolerate cold well. You normally sow them in early spring, but you can also try in August. That late crop isn't always successful, but it's certainly worth trying.
  • Variety: Jessy
  • Family: legume
  • Plants per square: 9
  • Height: 60 to 70 cm
  • Sowing time: mid-February to June, and August
  • Sowing depth: 2 to 3 cm
  • Time to harvest: 9 to 10 weeks
  • Germination: 6 to 24 days at 7 to 23°C
  • Sunlight: grows in sun or partial shade
  • Packet contents: about 45 seeds, enough for 4 squares
  • Yield: about 300 g per square
Want to buy sugar snap seeds? We sell individual packets, and they're also included in the Basic seed bundle.

What do you need to grow your own sugar snaps?

Besides the seeds, you'll need:

How do you sow and grow sugar snaps?

These sugar snaps are included in the free Makkelijke Moestuin app. Use it and you'll get step-by-step guidance from seed to harvest.

Each vegetable goes through a number of stages, which we call levels. The app tells you exactly what to do at each level and regularly asks you to check whether your plants are ready to move on to the next one.

So you don't need to know how to grow sugar snaps successfully before you start. But if you'd like to read ahead, here's what the entire process looks like.

Pre-germinating sugar snaps
Pre-germinating sugar snaps

Level 1: Pre-sprouting sugar snaps

Level 1: Pre-sprout sugar snaps

Before sowing the peas outside in your raised bed, let them develop a small root. This helps them emerge more reliably.

The easiest way is to place them on or between damp sheets of kitchen roll. The peas germinate after about four days, after which you sow them directly in your raised bed.

Pre-sprouted pea seed ready for sowing in the Planty Garden
Pre-sprouted pea seed

Level 2: Sowing sugar snaps

Level 2: Sow sugar snaps

Loosen the MM-mix in a square at the back of the raised bed, or in an MM-Mini, then sow as follows:
  1. make 9 holes in the square, 2 to 3 cm deep
  2. choose the best peas and place 1 in each hole, taking care not to damage the roots
  3. carefully close the holes
Depending on the weather and time of year, you'll see the first green shoots after 1 to 2 weeks.

If it's still very cold in early spring, it will take a little longer. You can speed things up by covering them with an MM-Muts or some plastic containers. This also stops birds from picking out the peas.
Sugar snap seedlings in MM-Mix
Sugar snap seedlings

Level 3: Sugar snap seedlings

Level 3: Sugar snap seedlings

As soon as you see the first seedlings, you know things are going well. They probably won't all come up at once, but give it another week or 2.

Then it's time for the next level.
Small sugar snap plants
Small sugar snap plants

Level 4: Caring for your plants

Level 4: Care for your sugar snap plants

After a week or 2, your seedlings have already become small plants.

They'll grow fast in the coming weeks. You don't have to do much at all. Easy 🙂 

Level 5: Give your plants support with a rack

Level 5: Place a support over your sugar snap plants

As the plants grow, they soon become too floppy to stand upright by themselves.

Place a small support over the plants.

You can easily make one from a piece of garden mesh.

Sugar snaps with a support rack in a Planty Garden
Sugar snaps with a support rack

Four bamboo canes arranged like a wigwam over the square, with some string wound around them, work too.

The first flowers appear about two weeks later.

Level 6: Blooming sugar snaps

Level 6: Flowering sugar snaps

At this level, beautiful white butterfly flowers appear. That's where the pods will grow from. 
Flowering sugar snaps in the Planty Garden
Flowering sugar snaps

Level 7: Harvesting

Level 7: Harvest your first sugar snaps

About 9 - 10 weeks after sowing, it's time to harvest your sugar snaps.

Harvest as soon as you see the first pods. That way the plants produce more flowers. More flowers mean more peas.

It's normal for the leaves to turn a little yellow and get uglier, especially around the bottom of the plant.
Sugar snaps growing in a bamboo teepee in the Planty Garden
Sugar snaps growing in a bamboo teepee

How do you use sugar snaps?

Cut the pods and remove any threads from the side. You eat the entire pea: pod and all. 

Blanch or steam your sugar snaps and toss them in a wok or stir-fry dish, or make salads with them.

You can eat them raw as well - just not too many at once.

The last levels

The final levels

During the next level, keep harvesting sugar snaps until there are none left and you no longer see new flowers.

At the final level, empty the square or your MM-Mini and prepare it for the next vegetable.

So, ready to grow your own sugar snaps?

They're a tasty and easy vegetable to grow and you can start in early spring. They do well in cooler temperatures and won't attract pests. And at the end of the summer, you sow again.

Plus: with our materials and with help from the app, it's practically impossible to fail 😉

Order your sugar snap seeds here or get started with a complete starter kit:
Complete starter kits
Enjoy!