The poor peas have struggled on their own for too long now. Although I have penned them in from the hungry beaks of our hens and netted them over to stop greedy pigeons from finishing them off I have not got around to staking them up. Last year I had great success with them and had used pea sticks - just twigs and thin branches for them to grow up through. I didn't have any sticks this year so hadn't done anything with them and these bedraggled peas had nothing much to climb up.
So, out with the fork and hand fork to weed first then to add cane and string supports as well as planting a few more peas. I'm hoping now they will shoot up. They already have little pods on them and this continual rain will make them succulent. Sadly I had to buy peas and beans today so I'll be looking forward to picking my own greens soon.
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