Peas de resistance!

Its been dry here today after the flash floods yesterday that saw most of birmingham and wolverhampton come to a stand still let alone the rest of the black country! Went to the plots today and spent a good 7 hours there finishing saft little jobs like collaring the celery and removing any split sticks and sideshoots; tying the peas up and lifting the last few shallots.
Noticed the first signs of RSM on some of the onions in the polyhouse so i've increased ventilation and sprayed with dynamec.
I was also able to go and collect some hoss muck aswell. There were 30 bags all ready to be collected. These have half filled the designated bay and i have covered it with old carpet to keep the worms active and to keep the rain from washing out all the lovely nutrients. As most of its fresh hoss muck i shall keep it covered up until i need it next year by which time it should have rotted down enough to be used.
I'm hopeful of my 'show perfection' peas this year. Its been a few years since i last grew them so it should be an experience! They are grown cordon style (the same as with sweet peas)  so all tendrils and sideshoots are removed. If two pods decide to form on the same truss then the weaker of the two is removed leaving the strongest one to go on and grow into what will hopefully be a well-filled 10-12 podded pea! There are several Scottish growers who excel at growing perfect peas so lets see if they grow as well in the Black Country!