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.
Like most legumes, peas establish a long root run to drive them through productivity, so I start them off in root trainers â long modules that open in half â or cardboard toilet roll inners. Fill them with a good seed compost, water lightly to settle the compost down and top up. Push seeds Â¾-1in (2-3cm) in and cover with a little more compost. Itâs always an idea to sow a few too many, as insurance against birds or slugs. Water lightly and frequently. Plant them out when the roots are just starting to poke out of the bottom and the seedlings are 4-6in (10-15cm) tall.