Richard Wright writes:
Can anybody give me an ID on this pea?

http://box.net/public/richwrig/dfiles/ClimbingPea.jpg

Interesting. My browser (Arachne) said the file was not any format it
recognized, so I downloaded the file to take a closer look. I tried a
DOS viewer ("Picture Viewer") on it and nothing was displayed apart from a
message that the file was a damaged jpeg file. So I tried another viewer
(dvpeg) and this time the photo was displayed with no problems. So it seems
that there is something non-standard about your photo conversion.

It grows in late winter/early spring (Sydney, Australia) as a climber
up to 3 m (10 feet).

The pods, which are reasonably sweet and tasty, have a peculiar
appearance of being closed by a purplish zipper.

The location is on the edge of a communal vegetable garden but none of
the community is ever there when I pass by.

Pin a note with your question to the plant, along with your phone number
and a 20c coin.

I've added in aus.gardens to canvass local knowledge. Hope that's okay.
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)