Growing pea shoots

Pea shoots are the cheapest and easiest thing to grow - and they're quite expensive to buy (go figure!). I use the dried peas from the soup aisle in the supermarket - they cost a couple of dollars for a large packet.

My favourite container to use is the bottom half of a plastic milk bottle, but as I'm using those for lots of other things at the moment, I've pressed into service a butter container and a little clear plastic container that had some mini cucumbers in it.

Here's what to do:

Put 2-3cm of potting mix in the bottom of your container.

Place dried peas close together on the potting mix.

Cover with about 1cm of potting mix.

Water and put in a sunny spot - can be your kitchen window sill.

Voila - just over a week later: