[muntjac]

i must been at the back then cos my snips are only littluns  :oops: and im thick n ugly lolo

[wellingtons]

... you say the nicest things John.

I wasn't in the front of queue when the pea growing skills were being handed out though.  I've failed miserably for the last two years!  Can't have it all I suppose.

[muntjac]

my tip for planting peas is so simple i think , i dig a trench 6 to 10 inches deep and put some manure in with a good mix of just straw.i then pile the soil on top . i drag a hoe down the soil in 3 lines  from end to end .then i put my seed in straight from the packet in about 1inch to 1- 1/2 inch deep  i pile the soil back over  covering them with a cloche and then forget them completly for about 3 weeks ,by which time they will have come up about 2 inches high . i then push the soil back up around the seedlings  and protect them once again with the cloche .to water i just spray before putting the cloche back in place . and then water the ground around it . nearly flooding it so it gets down into the trench where i put the straw etc .this holds the moisture very well . when they are 6 inches high i remove the cloche  and just lay my willow wand with all the litle sticky bits on over the peas .and leave to get on with it .if it hot i water in the mornings flooding  the trench almost and then wait for my grand daughter


 to come along and rob me of them all

[wellingtons]

... and any particular variety??

[muntjac]

depends on what you want to plant wellies i do the same for all .but i grow kelvedon wonder 2nd early, onward first early, " meteor ".i also like " hurst beagle" if you can get hold of it "miracle " is a favourite though its  a mssive growing triffid  sometimes getting 3 and a half feet in hieght well looked after on my plots..for a funny one try getting recette ,its got 3 pods at each twig joint .i like em as mangy tout as my grand daughter calls em oh ans asparagus ( sparrowgrass ) ones ,if you want to try an oldy we grew up norf try asking for  "carlin ". i mice and birds for some reason dont want to know when its growing , it like a good limed soil . oh and i fergot to mention , try growing 2 different earlies together and the same for seconds in the same bed. not all peas taste the same