Some say it’s too late in the season for mangetout peas to be mangetout—well, either they’re edible or they’re not. Whilst I was away my pea plants grew taller, flowered and made peas.  I excitedly picked my first harvest in varying sizes and brought them in for my husband to cook for tea (supper). Eager anticipation in the first bite was met by a tough shell!  Maybe it was just the one. Another and another proved too tough to eat so I freed the little green orbs from their leathery jackets making a very small serving for all the effort to grow and cook them. Friends hint that I must be mistaken and have instead grown regular peas. I checked the plants again and found that even the tiniest, newest pods already have round peas in them. In fact, the package says “mangetout, harvest: May thru Aug,” so not only are they the kind of peas to “eat it all,” but I’m well within the harvest time. I don’t think I’ll be planting those again. But then, I always say that one of the great things about gardening is that if something doesn’t work, you can throw it out and start again.