Peas (x100 seeds) started (will soak for 12 hours; then into indoor vermiculite until germinated; then directly outside to soil ---- i.e. almost same as last year)

A bit of a late start due to a cold, rainy, cloudy spring so far.  Anyway, today I started soaking the peas (100 of them, just because that sounds like a nice round number, and I plan to buy another t-post to expand the vertical section of the yard).   Then tomorrow I'll put them into indoor vermiculite, multiple layers / treasure hunt -style.  Then once they germinate (NOT once they pop up -- just once they have a root as seen when I'll go digging in the vermiculate), they'll go directly outside into soil.  This is the approach I used last year, which worked well to avoid critters digging up / eating unsprouted seeds. -- Though a difference is this year I'm only soaking for 12 hours rather than 24 hours.