Peas are crazy big

Well, Saul and I just ripped out the peas last weekend.This year, we decided not to tie them up. Normally, they look like this:

Kinda insane. Actually, this was more of a "we're lazy and we spent a lot of time away this season" decision rather than a thought through one. We came back from a week in the bay area to find that the plants had reached the top of a 3 foot lattice, gone 3 feet past that, fallen over, and grown back up again. While some vines were bent, it really didn't seem to hurt the plants, and actually made it easier to harvest!