are now many varieties to choose from. we have early, second early, main crop, tall, short, small sweet and succulent and peas with edible pods. all of which can be successfully grown in your own garden.
which you choose to grow depends on a number of factors. peas can take up a lot of space, the taller the variety the more space they need, like wise the main crop peas need more space that the earlier varieties.
you will also need to consider if you like very sweet peas, want to freeze to dry some of the crop and how long a period you want to be harvesting for. another factor is 