In the 1970’s I planted a peanut from my hamsters food mix. it grew into a peanut plant, we waited for it to flower then I harvested the nuts on my dads advice. I was immensely proud and my hamster and I appreciated fresh peanuts.
Love your video on peanuts. I am from Papua New Guinea and we grow alot of peanuts. Just 2 tips: 1st if you want to increase your prodction then when its start flowering put alot of soil around it just like potatoes. In that way it will produce lots of peanuts. 2nd is when the flowers go off and leaves looses most leaves that shows peanuts are ready. You can harvest. The other best way to eat them is dry them, then peel the skin and pry them with garlic, onion pinch of salt and oil till they have slightly brown spots. They can be eaten with salad. They are delicious. Love yr videos.
I was today-years-old when I discovered that peanuts did not grow nuts from their roots, but from where their flowers hit soil. Wow! You do really keep learning throughout life, even in the garden!
I've been growing peanuts at my suburban home in Oklahoma, USA for the last 2 years. It all started from ONE peanut the previous homeowner left in a small garden when I bought the house! From that one, I've propagated dozens of peanut plants and have expanded my garden to suit. I average well over a dozen peanut shells per plant! I've found when the leave start to yellow they're ready to go. They're fairly easy to grow (at least to me, a novice gardener) if you've got a good raised bed with plenty of weed barrier. I found that mulching with something 'fluffy' (high volume, low density) after bloom, recovering the peanuts is fairly easy. I use cotton seed hulls for my mulch. I'm going to experiment with growing them together near corn, to see if they compliment the nitrogen needs.
Never heard of boiled peanuts before. In my neck of the woods, plain roasted peanuts are like a ceremonial finish to a festive meal. A great time for telling short anecdotes between one shelling to the next. Everyone leaves the table feeling nicely full and content.
My family and I sometimes used to get them boiled in restaurants cooking Chinese cuisine. They brought them out in little dishes, to snack on before the meal. But instead of roasted or fresh like you sometimes get in a Western pub, these are boiled and swelled up due to the water absorption, so they were quite easy to pick up, even with chopsticks.
Was looking for a tutorial on how to grow peanuts and found this old one of yours! I always watch your videos but didn’t know your channel went back so far! It was great to see you here and notice how much you’ve developed in your YouTubing techniques! Great job! And as you said, it’s a free world. Yes, with our gardening we can continue to fight for freedom one plant at a time.
I grew peanuts from a pot bound seedling from a local nursery. I planted in a newly made garden in very clay soil that i turned with rich organic compost. It was heavily fertilised guano for phosphorus and potassium sulphate from chicken manure. I yielded around 1.5kg from a single plant after 12 months (some peanuts were still a little small, but still good to eat). My limiting factor was i planted it too close to the edge of the garden (didnt expect it to grow so big!). All in all it was a great experience and after i dried and roasted them with some garlic, rosemary and salt they were delicious and crisp.
One time while traveling through Georgia I stopped at a roadside stand for boiled peanuts. The seller did not tell me that they had added liquid smoke while cooking them. They were the best peanuts I've ever had.
I also love boiled peanuts. When I was a little boy......50 years ago....my grandfather let them air dry and then in the winter, he would lay them directly on top of the wood stove or in a baking sheet on top of the stove and "parch" them. DEE licious. Love your videos...keep 'em coming. Bob in Tennessee
DoingItCheap Hey Bob, I haven't tried peanuts done this way (parched) but they do sound great! Did you eat them as is or add salt or other seasonings? Cheers mate :)
Grandpa lovedthe parched peanuts as well cooked on the old wood stove in the kitchen. There was no sink just a slop bucket a wood bin and a 2x8 shelf with an old table covered with a ragged tablecloth but the best food in the world came out of that kitchen which was built in 1850's.
Boiled peanuts are the best! Driving around in the summer and stopping by a boiled peanut stand on the side of the road is always my favorite pastime. Maybe next year I will have to try my hand at growing some.
I'm so delighted that you're still around and you've been doing this for so long. It's cool to see how far you've come, but this is still a very informative video. Thanks
We had a great crop when we tried growing peanuts earlier this year. Four plants completely filled a small raised garden bed, meaning very few weeds. Imagine my disappointment when I roasted them all in the oven, then shelled them and found nearly all of the shells were empty. I found out later that peanuts need a lot of calcium in the soil, otherwise the seeds don't form in the shell. Growing them definitely helped the soil though. That garden bed is now chockers with volunteer tomatoes and nasturtiums. We'll be planting peanuts again this spring, but adding lots of ground up eggshell to the bed.
Noted! Thank you for telling me this! I just planted my seeds, yesterday. Does anyone know if egg shells boiled in water for a long time will help the shells break down faster in the soil? Does adding vinegar to the water make the shells break down any faster? I do the same thing with stock bones, when making bone broth. I add apple cider vinegar.
Happy Monday! I agree with you that boiled peanuts are the Best! They are Extremely popular here in Florida! We eat them all the time. Actually, it's the preferred way to eat them here in the South! Looking forward to another video from you soon & have a GREAT week!
I worked with a bunch of Filipinos and they boil their peanuts... it was the first time I ever realized people can boil peanuts ;-) great video, thanks for posting.
Awesome vid. I remember being a child and being at my grandparents' house and eating boiled peanuts that they had grown in t heir garden. And you are SO right about the difference in flavor between something bought from the store and something you grow at home.
Awesome video. Reminds me of when My uncle and I would go down by the creek and dig up some green peanuts, wash them in the creek, and boil them in a big old iron pot with creek water and lots of salt. Nothing better. Thanks for posting.
Dan Webster Fantastic Dan - you paint a perfect picture! Image that, freshly harvested peanuts boiled up in the billy by the creek... wonderful... cheers mate :)
Thanks for this, the grandson asked me to plant some, now I just wait for spring. I am in a 9 grow zone on the gulf of Mexico about 5 miles inland. I have really been learning from your videos.
+SharkieQT It's so nice to have fond memories from our Grandparents and I'm glad this video triggered them off for also. I often think of my Grandparents when I'm in the garden - I didn't realise at the time but they really taught me a lot! Thanks for commenting! Cheers :)
Thanks Mark. I live in a 9B climate, and I want to use peanuts as a cover / summer crop with potential for some tasty boiled peanuts. Ive also found out that my chickens can eat the greens, which is always a plus. Ill give it a go.
Loved your boiled peanut story. My dad introduced me to them as a youngster and I still love them ... especially with beer (when I turned 18 of course).
Everyone should try boiled peanuts. It is a staple food in the southern states. I love mine with red chili flakes for a bit of heat. Use the Crockpot on warmer setting for warm boiled peanuts all day long.
The salt is called the brine. Start boiling them in the moring and then Simmer for 10 hours with a lid on. That's so the old tymers can eat them with no teeth. South Georgia style. 👍
Hi, thanks for the video! One thing about the weed problems that you've mentioned.You can easily control weeds amongst your crop: Just don't till or work your residues in. That might bring sleeping seeds to the surface where they would germinate. Just cut the peanut residues (rich in nitrogen) to little pieces and mix them with a little bit of fresh active half rotten compost or vermicompost, spread them on your soil and keep it moist (mulch). The worms will love it and they do a much better job in loosening your soil, without destroying the structure and bringing up weeds. Or if you till, wait until the weed seeds have germinated, hoe them, then plant Your crop with a thin layer of straw mulch on top. that will help too.
@@Selfsufficientme I've heard that haybales are perfect for growing peanuts. I know they're great for most everything else. Plus, weeding is minimal and they come right out when you pull them. I'm going to try this next year
the main reason why i would rather grow my own stuff is the same reason why i would grow anything , its so that i dont have to eat all those extra chemicals that the store bought items have on them .
Boiled peanuts are a huge cultural thing here in the Southern US too. All along the country roads you will find little roadside stands in the late summer and early fall with farmers selling their boiled peanuts by the bagful. Me and my dad used to eat them while listening to the college football (no not the one you play with your foot ;) and also when we'd sit out in the hot fields hunting birds. It's cool to hear that boiled peanuts are a part of life downunder as well. From watching your videos, I get the feeling there is a lot similar down there to the way life is here in the South.
I’m watching this is 2020. Wow, Mark has improved with age ( Not that he wasn’t good looking in 2015 😁). He is not only better looking now but I Love his current energy level and spunk. ❤️
Great videos as always. Peanut are a mysterious plant just like the cashew. The peanut form and grows in soil. While cashew grows seeds first the flesh of the fruits grows around the seeds. All and all plants produced fruits and nuts in some many mysterious way, we are still amazed and aw at them.
The peanut plant folds its leaves at night as if it were praying. Then the potential peanut abseils down to the ground and digs itself in. The flowers are the brightest yellow I've ever seen. The raw peanut is delicious freshly dug though I am told they may be dangerous due to some sort of pathogen that can be present on the peanut. I don't normally like raw peanuts, but fresh ones are really tasty. I will be trying the boiled peanut for sure. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up eating boiled peanuts. I usually find them in the Asian grocery stores. Planting some this weekend. You can also cook them in a crock pot. Thanks for the video.
Having ready supply of fresh off the farm peanuts - try preparing boiled peanuts with crab boil or Old Bay seasoning. For "Cajun style" throw in a couple of cayenne peppers. Common preparation in the southern US.
@@Selfsufficientme Cajun style is the best. I grew African peanuts or somesuch this year...one thing to mention: if you don't dry them in the South, they mold like crazy.
I Suck at RUclips Yeah, a lot of place in the US don't seem to know about it. I'm from Georgia and it's a family favorite from my childhood, but my friends think I'm crazy because it's so completely different from the peanuts they're used to. Absolutely the best way to eat peanuts. I have to disagree with the al dente variety, though. A good Georgia boiled peanut is super soft and juicy and that's the way to go. (Sorry Mark)
This is another of your videos Mark that I have saved as a reference I was really impressed with it as I learn something new every time with yours thank you very much
Hi Mark..My dad still makes boiled peanuts.But he makes them in the same pot after making a corned beef..And I tell ya what,,bloody amaizing..Love ya work mate.
I should check mine to see if they are ready to harvest. You inspired me to grow some last year Mark. I have always wondered if they would grow in Adelaide and now I have the proof that they do grow here. It sure is a great plant to have in the garden because it does its thing with minimal fuss.
***** Hi Mary, yes I found peanuts much easier to grow than I thought also. You don't tend to hear about many people growing peanuts in the home garden but they're as good as any other crop to grow I think. Plus they are excellent to eat fresh and organically grown! Good on you for deciding to grow them even though you weren't sure - that's the spirit of adventurous gardening! Cheers :)
Thank you so much I was just sitting on the couch eating a bowl of peanuts and I was just wondering how does peanuts grow but now I know and I would love to give it a try thank you
"just have a few more" -- reminds me of a story about my nephew. He'd ask his mom for a cookie, and she'd give him one He'd ask for another … at some point she'd say, "just one more and that's it", and give him one. Eventually, he learned to ask by saying the same thing, and it worked. His mom thought it was cute, so he got away with loads of cookies, one at a time.
my peanuts are almost a foot tall now and I've been looking for tips and such s8nce it's my first time. I was wondering if you had made a vid on them and of course you have! haha thank you for keeping all of this knowledge on here!
I use a pressure cooker to cook the nuts. Instead of draining it right away, I allow the nuts soak in the brine for a couple of hours. That will provide a really nice flavour.
Watching and listening to you with birdies in the backtone, ah, what a wonderful life! I've been already thinking of my own garden, somewhere in the suburb of my native city. Thank you for your advice, I have already planted a pineapple in a pot. I will post my question to your site. Cheers!
I bought some raw peanuts for my birds, 2 male golden mantled Rosella and also shared them with the wild birds. I don't know if you have blue jays over there, but they store their food in strange places for later. I found peanuts growing in all areas around the yard. Now I think I'll try it, but keep them to one place.
I was researching how to grow my own peanuts in my raised bed garden here in Arizona and stumbled upon your channel. Great videos, subbed! Love to grow my own food!
I planted green peanuts from the store last year, got a decent yield and boiled them. I boil them a little slower for a little longer and used a little less salt. Same difference. Great food. I eat some warm as soon as they cool down enough. Boiled peanuts are the best. I noticed this year (because we quit tilling and we also just put some dirt from the actual peanut bed into different new beds), I had some volunteer plants all over and in places I had planted one or two, also. I obviously missed a few peanuts at harvest. All the other various vegetable plants seem to like having them around. I have some that may be ready soon. I keep looking to see. I think they may be lending themselves well to the permaculture type set-up I am working on here. I have some sweet potatoes coming up voluntarily the same way. I am still learning much. I hope each produce well and it works out like that.
+Andi Amador Hi, I only just noticed your comment... I'm having the same experience with volunteer peanuts popping up around the place and I agree they could lend themselves to permacultura (or I like to call it self-sufficient culture) just the same as sweet potatoes do. After years of growing food crops you tend to see more volunteers and cross bred plants appearing in the most unlikely spots and many I let grow right where they are because it's not only free but it's encouraging adaptation and simply interesting to see what the produce is like! Cheers :)
If your still growing peanuts plant in grass clippings and every couple of weeks add more that way when you harvest most of the peanuts will pull out with the plant. The grass clippings will also keep down weeds.
Hello, we just watched your video. We ordered a pound bag of planting peanuts thinking we could compete with this viscous invasive grass here in the mountains of western Maryland, USA called common Bermuda grass. Well, your video broke our hearts...when you said that plant completion will be an issue. Oh Boy..now what? Well thank you so much for a very informative video. Unlike most, you show what actually will happen after planting. Never tried boiled peanuts and are on a sodium restricted diet, but they must be yummy judging by the look of happiness on your face. If you have any suggestions on what to plant between the peanuts to hog up as much ground as possible and compete with the invasive grass, we are all ears here. Thanks much.
+Suzanne Ramoundos Hi there! You could still give them a go but just be vigilant with the weeding - I was a bit lazy to be honest so if you keep on top of the grass hopefully it will flower and then have soil for the tendrils to penetrate easily. If you are growing them in ground like furrows then perhaps cultivate the lines wide enough initially to allow for a season of growth before the grass takes over and that'd work I reckon. One person told me how growing peanuts in hay bales is supposed to work really well although I've never tried it. Of course you could try growing them in grow bags or containers. You can still boil peanuts without the salt and they'd probably still be nice! Cheers :)
+Self Sufficient Me Thanks, great info. Hay bales..hmmm...sounds like fun. Good recommend about the wide rows. That grass is insidious...rhizomes and stolons. But the peanuts here are germinating..my safe date out is not until 6/1 but trying some in pots. In at night and cake covers over them during the day. Love the idea of growing our own. Thanks again
I have grown peanuts from seed from the supermarket. You have to make sure they are raw. I never tried eating them. I feed them to the squirrels. I live in Los Angeles.
Hello from New Hampshire USA. I just discovered you! What a treasure your videos are. We have them roasted at baseball games. In the southern US they boil them. Our peanut paste is called peanut butter. Thank you for sharing your garden. ; {}
I really like your videos, as you explain througout and tips and hints. Even an amatuer like me can follow. My family is allergic to peanuts, but a few can eat cashew nuts. How do I grow them.
The squirrels planted a peanut for me about 5 yrs ago.....it's 12 ft tall and quite the novelty up north here in Everett Wa...(30 mile north of Seattle).
Wow. You’ve taken me back to my childhood. I remember now from when I was a kid eating boiled peanuts at the pub waiting for my parents to leave the session. Cricket, beer and boiled, salty peanuts. Yummo. 🥜
@drekpaprika You could very likely get seeds from many peanut varieties for free from U.S. government seed banks. Just google www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/acc/acc_queries.html . On that page, look for "Accession Area Queries". There, you should find a box titled "Text search query" where you can type in "peanuts" or whatever plant you are interested in. Then order the seeds. You need to mention that you want to test-grow peanuts in Slovakia, because the purpose is to help individuals and organisations to grow alternative crops.
In the 1970’s I planted a peanut from my hamsters food mix. it grew into a peanut plant, we waited for it to flower then I harvested the nuts on my dads advice. I was immensely proud and my hamster and I appreciated fresh peanuts.
Love your video on peanuts. I am from Papua New Guinea and we grow alot of peanuts. Just 2 tips: 1st if you want to increase your prodction then when its start flowering put alot of soil around it just like potatoes. In that way it will produce lots of peanuts. 2nd is when the flowers go off and leaves looses most leaves that shows peanuts are ready. You can harvest. The other best way to eat them is dry them, then peel the skin and pry them with garlic, onion pinch of salt and oil till they have slightly brown spots. They can be eaten with salad. They are delicious. Love yr videos.
I was today-years-old when I discovered that peanuts did not grow nuts from their roots, but from where their flowers hit soil. Wow! You do really keep learning throughout life, even in the garden!
I've been growing peanuts at my suburban home in Oklahoma, USA for the last 2 years. It all started from ONE peanut the previous homeowner left in a small garden when I bought the house! From that one, I've propagated dozens of peanut plants and have expanded my garden to suit. I average well over a dozen peanut shells per plant!
I've found when the leave start to yellow they're ready to go. They're fairly easy to grow (at least to me, a novice gardener) if you've got a good raised bed with plenty of weed barrier. I found that mulching with something 'fluffy' (high volume, low density) after bloom, recovering the peanuts is fairly easy. I use cotton seed hulls for my mulch.
I'm going to experiment with growing them together near corn, to see if they compliment the nitrogen needs.
Never heard of boiled peanuts before. In my neck of the woods, plain roasted peanuts are like a ceremonial finish to a festive meal. A great time for telling short anecdotes between one shelling to the next. Everyone leaves the table feeling nicely full and content.
My family and I sometimes used to get them boiled in restaurants cooking Chinese cuisine. They brought them out in little dishes, to snack on before the meal. But instead of roasted or fresh like you sometimes get in a Western pub, these are boiled and swelled up due to the water absorption, so they were quite easy to pick up, even with chopsticks.
Was looking for a tutorial on how to grow peanuts and found this old one of yours! I always watch your videos but didn’t know your channel went back so far! It was great to see you here and notice how much you’ve developed in your YouTubing techniques! Great job! And as you said, it’s a free world. Yes, with our gardening we can continue to fight for freedom one plant at a time.
Yes, I’m also still working my way back through the older videos. All of them are so helpful!
I grew peanuts from a pot bound seedling from a local nursery. I planted in a newly made garden in very clay soil that i turned with rich organic compost. It was heavily fertilised guano for phosphorus and potassium sulphate from chicken manure. I yielded around 1.5kg from a single plant after 12 months (some peanuts were still a little small, but still good to eat). My limiting factor was i planted it too close to the edge of the garden (didnt expect it to grow so big!). All in all it was a great experience and after i dried and roasted them with some garlic, rosemary and salt they were delicious and crisp.
One time while traveling through Georgia I stopped at a roadside stand for boiled peanuts. The seller did not tell me that they had added liquid smoke while cooking them. They were the best peanuts I've ever had.
I also love boiled peanuts. When I was a little boy......50 years ago....my grandfather let them air dry and then in the winter, he would lay them directly on top of the wood stove or in a baking sheet on top of the stove and "parch" them. DEE licious. Love your videos...keep 'em coming. Bob in Tennessee
DoingItCheap Hey Bob, I haven't tried peanuts done this way (parched) but they do sound great! Did you eat them as is or add salt or other seasonings? Cheers mate :)
Grandpa lovedthe parched peanuts as well cooked on the old wood stove in the kitchen. There was no sink just a slop bucket a wood bin and a 2x8 shelf with an old table covered with a ragged tablecloth but the best food in the world came out of that kitchen which was built in 1850's.
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Salt then well before cooking
Peanut is one of my favorites, I'll start a plot on my back yard garden shortly. Many thanks to this informative video for my direction and guide.
Love your stuff...no frills or fancies just info and good humor.
From an Aussie in Israel about to grow Peanuts.
Boiled peanuts are the best! Driving around in the summer and stopping by a boiled peanut stand on the side of the road is always my favorite pastime. Maybe next year I will have to try my hand at growing some.
I'm so delighted that you're still around and you've been doing this for so long. It's cool to see how far you've come, but this is still a very informative video. Thanks
We had a great crop when we tried growing peanuts earlier this year. Four plants completely filled a small raised garden bed, meaning very few weeds. Imagine my disappointment when I roasted them all in the oven, then shelled them and found nearly all of the shells were empty. I found out later that peanuts need a lot of calcium in the soil, otherwise the seeds don't form in the shell. Growing them definitely helped the soil though. That garden bed is now chockers with volunteer tomatoes and nasturtiums. We'll be planting peanuts again this spring, but adding lots of ground up eggshell to the bed.
Noted! Thank you for telling me this! I just planted my seeds, yesterday. Does anyone know if egg shells boiled in water for a long time will help the shells break down faster in the soil? Does adding vinegar to the water make the shells break down any faster? I do the same thing with stock bones, when making bone broth. I add apple cider vinegar.
@@juliemcgugan1244use bone meal and/or crab and lobster shell fertilizer. Don't bother with egg shells they take a long time to decompose
Happy Monday! I agree with you that boiled peanuts are the Best! They are Extremely popular here in Florida! We eat them all the time. Actually, it's the preferred way to eat them here in the South! Looking forward to another video from you soon & have a GREAT week!
I worked with a bunch of Filipinos and they boil their peanuts... it was the first time I ever realized people can boil peanuts ;-) great video, thanks for posting.
We do it in Mexico too
Awesome vid. I remember being a child and being at my grandparents' house and eating boiled peanuts that they had grown in t heir garden. And you are SO right about the difference in flavor between something bought from the store and something you grow at home.
I’ve been growing peanuts in Southern California. Our summers push 118 often and 100+ days for months on end. They do great here
Awesome video. Reminds me of when My uncle and I would go down by the creek and dig up some green peanuts, wash them in the creek, and boil them in a big old iron pot with creek water and lots of salt. Nothing better. Thanks for posting.
Dan Webster Fantastic Dan - you paint a perfect picture! Image that, freshly harvested peanuts boiled up in the billy by the creek... wonderful... cheers mate :)
Dan Webster .
Can't do that anymore. the Oil companies have poisoned your creek.
Thanks for this, the grandson asked me to plant some, now I just wait for spring. I am in a 9 grow zone on the gulf of Mexico about 5 miles inland. I have really been learning from your videos.
I love boiled peanuts! Thank you for this video... I had no idea how peanuts actually grew until now!
What a refreshing video. Thank you! My grandmother farmed peanuts when she was still alive and I loved helping her and just eat the peanuts raw. :)
+SharkieQT It's so nice to have fond memories from our Grandparents and I'm glad this video triggered them off for also. I often think of my Grandparents when I'm in the garden - I didn't realise at the time but they really taught me a lot! Thanks for commenting! Cheers :)
Love the raw peanuts❤
There's nothing better than home grown food. I love boiled peanuts. Thanks for sharing and God bless!
Thanks Mark. I live in a 9B climate, and I want to use peanuts as a cover / summer crop with potential for some tasty boiled peanuts. Ive also found out that my chickens can eat the greens, which is always a plus. Ill give it a go.
Never knew Australians knew about Boiled P-nuts! Coming from GA, USA, thought this was a southern tradition here only. Learn something new everyday!
Loved your boiled peanut story. My dad introduced me to them as a youngster and I still love them ... especially with beer (when I turned 18 of course).
Everyone should try boiled peanuts. It is a staple food in the southern states. I love mine with red chili flakes for a bit of heat. Use the Crockpot on warmer setting for warm boiled peanuts all day long.
Never heard of doing that before..sounds yummo! Gonna give it a crack when my peanuts are ready! Cheers, mate!👍😀
We used to grow loads in Jamaica
Lovely video
We harvest when majority of leaves are yellow
Wow, this was fun to watch! I was not aware of this channel way back then. How far you have come is amazing!
The salt is called the brine.
Start boiling them in the moring and then Simmer for 10 hours with a lid on. That's so the old tymers can eat them with no teeth. South Georgia style. 👍
Cool
Are there any nutritions left after boiling for 10 hours... 🤔
Best done in a pressure cooker. Much faster!
I do agree that can be overcooked but I usually deal with them for about 4 hours, it’s a preference thing I guess
@@helengren9349, simmering isn't boiling.
Hi, thanks for the video! One thing about the weed problems that you've mentioned.You can easily control weeds amongst your crop: Just don't till or work your residues in. That might bring sleeping seeds to the surface where they would germinate. Just cut the peanut residues (rich in nitrogen) to little pieces and mix them with a little bit of fresh active half rotten compost or vermicompost, spread them on your soil and keep it moist (mulch). The worms will love it and they do a much better job in loosening your soil, without destroying the structure and bringing up weeds.
Or if you till, wait until the weed seeds have germinated, hoe them, then plant Your crop with a thin layer of straw mulch on top. that will help too.
Der Matzinger Thanks for the great tips! I'm always fighting with weeds... Cheers :)
Der Matzinger nice, I was going to comment the same. Weeds are preventable by doing less.
@@Selfsufficientme I've heard that haybales are perfect for growing peanuts. I know they're great for most everything else. Plus, weeding is minimal and they come right out when you pull them. I'm going to try this next year
the main reason why i would rather grow my own stuff is the same reason why i would grow anything , its so that i dont have to eat all those extra chemicals that the store bought items have on them .
Boiled peanuts are heavenly. So glad I lived in Savannah for a little while to discover them. 😊
Boiled peanuts are a huge cultural thing here in the Southern US too. All along the country roads you will find little roadside stands in the late summer and early fall with farmers selling their boiled peanuts by the bagful. Me and my dad used to eat them while listening to the college football (no not the one you play with your foot ;) and also when we'd sit out in the hot fields hunting birds.
It's cool to hear that boiled peanuts are a part of life downunder as well. From watching your videos, I get the feeling there is a lot similar down there to the way life is here in the South.
I’m watching this is 2020.
Wow, Mark has improved with age ( Not that he wasn’t good looking in 2015 😁).
He is not only better looking now but I Love his current energy level and spunk. ❤️
Such a wholesome video. Thanks for the lesson and sharing the memories about your grandfather!
Great videos as always. Peanut are a mysterious plant just like the cashew. The peanut form and grows in soil. While cashew grows seeds first the flesh of the fruits grows around the seeds. All and all plants produced fruits and nuts in some many mysterious way, we are still amazed and aw at them.
yack f zay Very true mate - it's a fantastic and magic world we live in with so much to learn and enjoy about nature I totally agree. Cheers :)
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The peanut plant folds its leaves at night as if it were praying. Then the potential peanut abseils down to the ground and digs itself in. The flowers are the brightest yellow I've ever seen. The raw peanut is delicious freshly dug though I am told they may be dangerous due to some sort of pathogen that can be present on the peanut. I don't normally like raw peanuts, but fresh ones are really tasty. I will be trying the boiled peanut for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Will be planting peanuts this spring. I did many years ago and we use to plant them when I was a little girl (long ago)
You can really spice your boiled peanuts with Old Bay, pepper flakes, and cayenne pepper powder. In the southern US, we call it "Cajun Style".
In the southern US, we also boil peanuts, but for much longer until they are very soft. My favorite way to eat them.
I grew up eating boiled peanuts. I usually find them in the Asian grocery stores. Planting some this weekend. You can also cook them in a crock pot. Thanks for the video.
Yes I did too and now my kids love boiled peanuts as much as I do so I suppose they will grow us with similar memories lol... Thanks and Cheers :)
I cant find raw peanuts for boiling at my grocery stores anymore so I'm growing my own. Great video!
Having ready supply of fresh off the farm peanuts - try preparing boiled peanuts with crab boil or Old Bay seasoning. For "Cajun style" throw in a couple of cayenne peppers. Common preparation in the southern US.
Ohh yeah, cayenne peppers sound great! I'm actually growing several plants this season :)
@@Selfsufficientme Cajun style is the best. I grew African peanuts or somesuch this year...one thing to mention: if you don't dry them in the South, they mold like crazy.
As a southern us guy I can attest to the original comment. Absolutely the best boiled peanuts I’ve ever had
I didn't know peanuts get used in that manner before. It's not something that I'm familiar with here in Oklahoma, USA.
I Suck at RUclips Yeah, a lot of place in the US don't seem to know about it. I'm from Georgia and it's a family favorite from my childhood, but my friends think I'm crazy because it's so completely different from the peanuts they're used to. Absolutely the best way to eat peanuts. I have to disagree with the al dente variety, though. A good Georgia boiled peanut is super soft and juicy and that's the way to go. (Sorry Mark)
Went down South in the US to visit my Aunt, and i couldnt get enough of boiled peanuts! Delicious!
inot a gardener but coz of ur vids i am now!!!!! thanks
This is another of your videos Mark that I have saved as a reference I was really impressed with it as I learn something new every time with yours thank you very much
Hi Mark..My dad still makes boiled peanuts.But he makes them in the same pot after making a corned beef..And I tell ya what,,bloody amaizing..Love ya work mate.
Lovely dish, i love to eat them ,now will grow as well ,we add half a teaspoon of turmeric powder while boiling ,may try that out
I should check mine to see if they are ready to harvest. You inspired me to grow some last year Mark. I have always wondered if they would grow in Adelaide and now I have the proof that they do grow here. It sure is a great plant to have in the garden because it does its thing with minimal fuss.
***** Hi Mary, yes I found peanuts much easier to grow than I thought also. You don't tend to hear about many people growing peanuts in the home garden but they're as good as any other crop to grow I think. Plus they are excellent to eat fresh and organically grown! Good on you for deciding to grow them even though you weren't sure - that's the spirit of adventurous gardening! Cheers :)
Thank you so much I was just sitting on the couch eating a bowl of peanuts and I was just wondering how does peanuts grow but now I know and I would love to give it a try thank you
Mark thank you for your videos!
You help us to become successful small farmers!!
I always figured boiled peanuts was a southern thing, but Australian boiled peanuts really adds new meaning to that!
I have eaten them boiled in Chinese cuisine, too, as an appetizer.
"just have a few more" -- reminds me of a story about my nephew. He'd ask his mom for a cookie, and she'd give him one He'd ask for another … at some point she'd say, "just one more and that's it", and give him one. Eventually, he learned to ask by saying the same thing, and it worked. His mom thought it was cute, so he got away with loads of cookies, one at a time.
Thanks for the video. The herbicides industry uses is what has me concerned and really makes me want to grow my own.
Oh yeah, That is the best way we eat peanuts in Thailand. Love boiled peanuts yammmm
Thanks for showing how to grow peanuts. Learned a lot from this video. Greets from Holland!
I have to say this ad before the video was so emotional , I loved it.
my peanuts are almost a foot tall now and I've been looking for tips and such s8nce it's my first time. I was wondering if you had made a vid on them and of course you have! haha thank you for keeping all of this knowledge on here!
I took your word for it. That i csn grow peanuts in colder climates. So now there are 21 seedlings growing here in frozen Norway 🙂
I experienced the same as a child. Sooo good!
I use a pressure cooker to cook the nuts. Instead of draining it right away, I allow the nuts soak in the brine for a couple of hours. That will provide a really nice flavour.
Watching and listening to you with birdies in the backtone, ah, what a wonderful life! I've been already thinking of my own garden, somewhere in the suburb of my native city. Thank you for your advice, I have already planted a pineapple in a pot. I will post my question to your site. Cheers!
Thank you and all the best with your garden (and the pineapple) cheers :)
And from my time in the Midwest they are excellent deep fried in peanut oil!!
I grow peanuts every year on my land it grows well in Sandy soil and you can putt some soil around plants to let those shouts in soil.
I bought some raw peanuts for my birds, 2 male golden mantled Rosella and also shared them with the wild birds. I don't know if you have blue jays over there, but they store their food in strange places for later. I found peanuts growing in all areas around the yard. Now I think I'll try it, but keep them to one place.
such lovely guy and a sweet vid. so natural. and this great accent ..thanks very much mate
Thank you for watching my video and taking the time to write such a kind comment! Cheers :)
I was researching how to grow my own peanuts in my raised bed garden here in Arizona and stumbled upon your channel. Great videos, subbed! Love to grow my own food!
Excited to grow these this season! Thnk u for this video!! 😊😁🌿🥜
Trying to grow peanuts this year as well. I planted maybe 9 peanuts. They are so cool to see germinate. The deer love the peanut greens :(
THANK YOU SIR. I LEARN ALOT FROM YOUR CHANNEL. GOD BLESS
What an amazing fresh knowledge to learn! Thank you very much for sharing your hard work! I really enjoyed watching this 🌈🌱😁
Alabama here, we make some of the best boiled recipes, I’d suggest trying some Deep South boiled peanuts sometime. Thanks for your video
I planted green peanuts from the store last year, got a decent yield and boiled them. I boil them a little slower for a little longer and used a little less salt. Same difference. Great food. I eat some warm as soon as they cool down enough. Boiled peanuts are the best. I noticed this year (because we quit tilling and we also just put some dirt from the actual peanut bed into different new beds), I had some volunteer plants all over and in places I had planted one or two, also. I obviously missed a few peanuts at harvest. All the other various vegetable plants seem to like having them around. I have some that may be ready soon. I keep looking to see. I think they may be lending themselves well to the permaculture type set-up I am working on here. I have some sweet potatoes coming up voluntarily the same way. I am still learning much. I hope each produce well and it works out like that.
+Andi Amador Hi, I only just noticed your comment... I'm having the same experience with volunteer peanuts popping up around the place and I agree they could lend themselves to permacultura (or I like to call it self-sufficient culture) just the same as sweet potatoes do. After years of growing food crops you tend to see more volunteers and cross bred plants appearing in the most unlikely spots and many I let grow right where they are because it's not only free but it's encouraging adaptation and simply interesting to see what the produce is like! Cheers :)
Thanks for this. Need to give peanut growing a go.
Thank you! I wondered how they grow and process peanuts.
If your still growing peanuts plant in grass clippings and every couple of weeks add more that way when you harvest most of the peanuts will pull out with the plant. The grass clippings will also keep down weeds.
I love boiled peanuts! Best way to eat them!
very happy to see your work to make you self-sufficient...
Thank you! :)
i love peanuts.Thanks for this video
mate you're proper sound :) wish I had the space you have to do what you do! subscribed! All the best!
Thanks Chris! :)
@@Selfsufficientme i know its late and not sure if youve tried it ,but i think you should try roasted peanuts,will definayely try the boiled version
Love the video, and I too love to eat boiled peanuts! Have a blessed day!
+twopeasinapod123 Thank you and you have a blessed day also! Cheers :)
Do you have a updated version of this one is love to see how you'd grow them up to your standards these days.
That is a popular roadside snack in the southeast us as well! You can buy a big cup for a dollar or two
OMG, I love it with beer!! I hope I could grow it here in the desert.
I’m glad I found your videos. I had to pause the video to relook at your dog, he looks like my heeler.
Hello, we just watched your video. We ordered a pound bag of planting peanuts thinking we could compete with this viscous invasive grass here in the mountains of western Maryland, USA called common Bermuda grass. Well, your video broke our hearts...when you said that plant completion will be an issue. Oh Boy..now what? Well thank you so much for a very informative video. Unlike most, you show what actually will happen after planting. Never tried boiled peanuts and are on a sodium restricted diet, but they must be yummy judging by the look of happiness on your face. If you have any suggestions on what to plant between the peanuts to hog up as much ground as possible and compete with the invasive grass, we are all ears here. Thanks much.
+Suzanne Ramoundos Hi there! You could still give them a go but just be vigilant with the weeding - I was a bit lazy to be honest so if you keep on top of the grass hopefully it will flower and then have soil for the tendrils to penetrate easily. If you are growing them in ground like furrows then perhaps cultivate the lines wide enough initially to allow for a season of growth before the grass takes over and that'd work I reckon. One person told me how growing peanuts in hay bales is supposed to work really well although I've never tried it. Of course you could try growing them in grow bags or containers. You can still boil peanuts without the salt and they'd probably still be nice! Cheers :)
+Self Sufficient Me Thanks, great info. Hay bales..hmmm...sounds like fun. Good recommend about the wide rows. That grass is insidious...rhizomes and stolons. But the peanuts here are germinating..my safe date out is not until 6/1 but trying some in pots. In at night and cake covers over them during the day. Love the idea of growing our own. Thanks again
@@MountainGardenGirl Did you see mark's vid on lemon grass - looks good for suppression...
An interesting plant. Thanks Mark
Ben Jamin Thanks Ben :)
I have never tasted boiled peanuts but I think a bowl of them,a beer and watching a game of football sounds pretty good.
I did that last night and it's always good - believe me! Cheers :)
I have grown peanuts from seed from the supermarket. You have to make sure they are raw. I never tried eating them. I feed them to the squirrels. I live in Los Angeles.
Well done.
Hello from New Hampshire USA. I just discovered you! What a treasure your videos are. We have them roasted at baseball games. In the southern US they boil them. Our peanut paste is called peanut butter. Thank you for sharing your garden. ; {}
Always a pleasure. Thanks so much
I really like your videos, as you explain througout and tips and hints. Even an amatuer like me can follow. My family is allergic to peanuts, but a few can eat cashew nuts. How do I grow them.
The squirrels planted a peanut for me about 5 yrs ago.....it's 12 ft tall and quite the novelty up north here in Everett Wa...(30 mile north of Seattle).
Your One clever bloke and I will grow them this year, Thanks mate
Graham R Dyer You're way too kind Graham but I'll take any compliments I can get Haha... Thanks mate :)
Boiled peanuts is a southern USA favorite. Well, years ago.
Wow. You’ve taken me back to my childhood. I remember now from when I was a kid eating boiled peanuts at the pub waiting for my parents to leave the session. Cricket, beer and boiled, salty peanuts. Yummo. 🥜
Very nice video. I have to try and grow some, but its very hard to get plants or even unroasted peanuts here in Slovenia.
@drekpaprika
You could very likely get seeds from many peanut varieties for free from U.S. government seed banks. Just google www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/acc/acc_queries.html . On that page, look for "Accession Area Queries". There, you should find a box titled "Text search query" where you can type in "peanuts" or whatever plant you are interested in. Then order the seeds.
You need to mention that you want to test-grow peanuts in Slovakia, because the purpose is to help individuals and organisations to grow alternative crops.
i love the packets of peanuts for peanuts joke!
👍👍❤️ thank you for sharing! Now I know I can. 🍊
Great video
I Have do one
I will put in my chance in the next monts
But i reali like your channel
Gret!!!👍👍👍
Never thought about growing peanuts !