Peas, please, for a quick and easy treat

Valerie O’Connor says peas are easy to grow — shove them in soil and give them something to hold, water them well, and watch them go

If you love to grow your own food, even a few herb pots, this time of year will blow your mind. About two weeks ago, I planted, absentmindedly, a couple of rows of radishes in my little vegetable bed and was beside myself with excitement when I saw their perfect little plump red globes sitting happily on soil, pushing themselves out as if to say: “Hey pick me! I’m ready.”

Plucking a perfect radish and wiping off the dirt before biting into it’s juicy heaven, is one of the reasons why growing your own is just so satisfying. My rows of purple peas are heavy with fatted pods, weighing themselves down from their staggering heights and begging, like cows waiting to be milked, for their peas to be plucked.