Mice love peas and beans, but you can protect your seeds and seedlings with a sprinkle of chilli, hot paprika or holly bush prunings. Planting your peas in containers and raising them up off the ground, especially on top of a couple of overturned buckets, will also help deter little rodents. Other pests include slugs and snails, and pea weevils, which do superficial damage to leaves. Pigeons and pea moths can do significant damage from the air, with the moths' larvae eating your crop from inside the pod, only revealing themselves when you come to shell your lovely peas. Horticultural fleece helps deal with both these scourges of the air.