Put on some lively music and let their energy do the work for you. Discard the empty pods and lay the peas out to dry further. To check if the peas are dry enough to freeze and store, do the ol' hammer test. If a pea shatters when you hit it with a hammer, the peas are dry enough. If it mushes, let them all dry some more.
Peas often get pea weevils, which are nasty critters that lay eggs in the flowers or young pods.
They later hatch out and eat the seeds, destroying your crop. These bugs are pretty much invisible until it's too late. To prevent these ravenous pests from destroying your crop, freeze the dry seed in a sealed container for a week. Be careful that you not freeze your peas while they are still moist, or you will end up with an unappetizing bag of mush. Too late, and you end up with a batch of peas riddled with little weevil holes and lots of gross bugs.