A pea shoots

Pea shoots - big discovery at 88 over the last three years. Throw a load of dried peas (the kind you get at the supermarket for mushy peas) onto the top of some soil in a container, cover with more soil very thinly and leave, occasionally water and let the sun shine on down.

Just about ready to cut but they will get bushier and taller

They will sprout and eventually you get succulent, sweet pea shoots which are fabulous in salads. They are by far the easiest thing I have so far discovered to grow and pretty full proof. Once you cut them they will even come again. The supermarkets have cottoned on to these now and charge a small fortune for something you could grow with your eyes closed plus you can sit back and feel just a little smug. Have a go.

A Pea Shoots : I have a wonderful image in my mind now of a little freedom fighter pea with  gun in holster (or perhaps even a pea shooter!) about to give it all to a slug about to devour  his little seedling comrades. Power to the peas.