Peanut tree

Explore the fascinating world of peanut trees and learn about their various uses. Find inspiration for incorporating these unique trees into your landscape and enjoy the beauty they bring.
Organic Gardening, Vegetable Garden, Seedlings, Growing Peanuts, Organic Vegetables, Grow Organic, Grow Your Own Food, Growing Mushrooms, Compost Soil

In our fast food world, growing your own nuts is a long-term plan, but these trees don’t need a lot of attention and having your own fresh, free nut supply is definitely worth a few years of waiting. Words: Sheryn Dean One of the benefits of owning a bit of land is having the space to grow large or multiple trees, which means we can grow our own nuts. Home-grown nuts have a flavour of their own. When you harvest a fresh hazel, it’s nothing like what you can buy in a supermarket. If you don’t…

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Richard Tay Sah Bah
harvesting peanuts Vegetable Garden, Gardening, Seeds, Plants, Vegetable Seed, Growing Peanuts, Organic Vegetable Seeds, Harvest Time, Harvest

Today we started harvesting our peanuts (almost an acre) that we planted 7 months ago. Look at the soil, loaded with peanuts! Here is Sonia, one of our students with me during harvest. Our plan is to process the peanuts into peanut butter and elaborate other peanut-based products for our institute, so that ICCI can be self-supporting and the students can learn about micro-enterprise. We'll be posting more on our mini-industry. Our next step is to dry and store the peanuts. If you have any…

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Tina Dombrowski