This unusual and interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a habitational name, from a place in Derbyshire. The placename is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name Bacga, of uncertain etymology, and the Olde English sceaga, wood, copse; hence, Bacga's wood or Bacga's copse.
1 Place stakes every few feet behind your peas and string a sturdy cotton twine along the middle and tops of the stakes. 2  The twine is an adequate pea plant support. 3  You may find some vines climbing the stakes. 4  Old farm fencing or chicken wire is another means of supporting pea plants. Old farm fencing or chicken wire is another means of supporting pea plants. 2  Locate the fencing close enough to growing peas that they can reach it easily. 3  Nylon mesh attached to stakes is another way of supporting pea plants.
Peas can be grown as a spring or fall crop in most zones warmer than zone 2, and can be grown as a winter crop in frost-free climates. Fall plantings should be done 10 to 12 weeks before first fall frost. Peas require 55 to 80 days for maturity and fall crops will not mature after frost. Harvest shelling peas when pods are plump and full, and peas tender. Harvest snow peas while pods are flat, with only a hint of the pea within.