I have planted them in my plot the last two years and they do great. I mix rye and turnips with them and have had no complaints. They all put pods on well this year, I haven't disced them under yet, but once I do they will come up well. I will just have to go over the field with turnips, clover or alfalfa, then throw some fertilizer down, and I will be set to go as soon as season rolls around. I know the deer eat them b/c every time deer came into the plot they would have the pea forage hanging out of both sides of their mouth as they were chomping away.