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curious gardener and visitors over a month’s time.

The plants love heat and do not require much care during the summer The peanut is fairly drought tolerant and the gardener s main chore is to keep weeds from overrunning the plants. Do not cultivate beneath the plants once the pegs have touched the ground.

As the summer days shorten, the peanut plants will signal harvest is near by the yellowing of their leaves. As the leaves become more yellowed, the plants begin to go into decline and harvesting can take place Using a tined garden fork, carefully dig up clumps of plants, as if trying to transplant a bush

Shake the soil off the uprooted clump and look for peanuts clinging to the roots of the plant.

Do not try to eat the freshly dug goobers, they will have a mildly toxic and bitter taste The peanuts

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