Ma's Pea Soup

1 to 1 1/2 lbs. peas
1 ham bone
3 taters halved
3 carrots, sliced
1 onion chopped
salt and pepper to taste.
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Wash and pick over peas to remove an little stones. Put in a large kettle, cover with water and simmer a few hours. Meanwhile, simmer ham bone covered with water, separately from the peas. when peas are soft, strain them. Put back into kettle add ham picked from bone, ham juice and remaining ingredients. Peas will mush up and turnn into a puree as the soup finished cooking. Simmer gently until taters are done.