Hattie the Hen
Deeply Rooted
Maybe if you tried the peroxide on the peas it might deter the wretched mice as well......??? I might try that. My grandfather used to dip his peas in camphorated (sp?) oil to deter them & he produced the earliest & sweetest peas in the village, in time for Easter Sunday lunch (for those who had the money to pay for them.... ). His family never got any for weeks afterwards. He grew them on an improvised hot bed on his allotment. He was an ostler so had access to huge amounts of 'hot' horse poo which he buried in a deep pit (outside) then layed a very thick layer of good earth on top, into which he planted his treated peas. I can remember him covering them with old lace curtains pegged to sticks to protect them at night. What he earned from his peas paid for his pipe tobacco for the following year .... my grandmother took a dim view of this........!
I always soak my peas in warm water for a couple of days before planting outside. Our planting is about 3 weeks behind this year due to the long awful winter. The spring planting always works well, last year was spectacular -- the best I've ever had!!
:rose Hattie :rose