Birth of a peanut

There is absolutely nothing that compares to the anticipation of growing anything edible. The work that goes into planning, cultivating and preparing the soil, planting day, and then........the sit and wait!!! The first peek of life is visible with a crack.

And even with loamy, sandy soil as we have, those first leaves have to work so hard to push their way through. Longing for their first beams of sunlight, they slowly unfurl.

 

 What seems like hard work is just the beginning. These peanut plants now have to survive through about 130 days worth of a NC summer. One my favorites to grow, peanuts are one of those plants you work so hard to take care of all summer long and get to celebrate with one fun day of harvest! You have never tasted anything so delicious as a fresh roasted peanut dug right from your own garden!