I'm getting rather anxious for the sprouts to appear. I was very glad to get a fortune cookie today with this message, Your efforts are budding, results will appear soon. So I have hope that we'll have lots of peas very soon. I have some pole peas to plant as soon as I have a good spot ready next to the fence. I can't decide what else to try this early, any suggestions? I'm hoping to at least try these this year: tomatoes, bell peppers, squash, strawberries (I'm getting starts from a neighbor!), pumpkins (behind our fence to keep the weeds down and the huge plants out of the way), carrots, beets, and whatever else sounds good.