I had thought that growing peanuts wasn’t possible in the U.K., but apparently, in a greenhouse, you can get them to grow and fruit. They can be tricky though – so maybe a second- or third-year project. I do love my peanut butter though – it’s not something I want to have to do without in a Post-Peak-Oil future!
Here are a couple of good links to give the most basic introduction to growing peanuts:
- A little tv snippet from Gardeners’ World on Peanut Plant Growing
- And a basic PDF from Which on Peanut Growing
Posted by Priorities « Jardin Potager on April 6, 2009 at 7:58 pm
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