For a succession of peas, sow at two-week intervals. Use bamboo canes, trellis or netting to create supports for plants. Once peas have reached 5-8cm (2-3in) in height and their tendrils begin to ...

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And don't be shy to keep picking – because the more you harvest, the more your plants will produce. Enjoying Your Bounty Now for the best part: eating them! Fresh from the garden, peas are ...

Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of DNA and genes. Mendel was an Augustinian monk at St Thomas’s Abbey ...