Peanuts
Peanuts need good, soft mixed with compost but not too high in Nitrogen with full  . In Canada’s climate, peanuts they need to be started indoors by the end of April.
- Carefully remove a peanut from it’s shell without breaking the thin pink skin.
- Plant it in a peat pot 1" deep (2 1/2 cm) and put it in front of a sunny window.
 it and watch for the seedling to grow.
- When all danger of frost has passed and theoutside is
 , usually June 7th, plant it in the garden.
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Plant the seedlings 12" apart (15 cm) and cover the peat pot rim withor the plant will dry out. it well.
If your garden has cutworms put toilet paper roll collars around each of your plants.Peanut plants will grow to about 18" tall (45 cm) and then flower.
The yellow flowers will be pollinated and the stems elongate and grow toward the ground.
Once the seed pods go underground they will form into peanuts. This usually takes between 60 to 80 days.
Keep the plants well watered until the end of August. In September, listen for frost warnings.
Before the first hard frost, pull up the plants and your clusters of seed pods will be ready.
The nuts in the center of the cluster will be ripe but some from around the edge may not be ripe enough to eat.
Store the ripe nuts in a , dry place and turn them every day to make sure they don’t go moldy.
You can save the seeds for planting next year or eat them raw or cooked:
- Shell the nuts and rub off the pink skin.
- Roast the nuts on a cookie sheet in the oven set at 350°F (180°C) for 15 minutes
- Shuffle them and cook for another 15 to 20 minutes.
- If they need more time, shuffle them again and test them every 5 minutes to make sure they don’t get overcooked.
- Let them
 before you eat them because nuts hold the heat really well.
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