From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   songbird wrote:   
      
   > derald@invalid.com wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> ...but I am.  I grow at least one bed of goobers   
   >> (peanuts), AKA   
   >> "ground peas", almost every year.  Along with "peas" and   
   >> okra, peanuts are well-suited to Florida's long hot   
   >> summers that typically begin in late April or May and   
   >> often last well into October.   
   >   
   >   i have fond memories of trying to grow one plant as a   
   > kid.  i liked the plant, but it was in a small container   
   > and didn't do much - too cold, not enough light.   
   >   
   >   
   >   songbird   
      
   I've got peanut farms around me down here in SE VA.   
      
   They have a loooong growing season, so Michigan would be a   
   no-fly zone for them.   
      
   I once tried growing a few with mixed results and never tried   
   again.   
      
   Interesting fact: While an ordinary person/gardener can purchase   
   a few certified peanut seeds for home use, it's illegal to   
   *sell* the home-grown goobers. Farmers who grow them commercially   
   have to have a license to sell the product, and those licenses   
   are limited in number and quantity to be sold. There's a bit   
   of a secondary market for farmers to re-sell licenses for a   
   season where they know they won't be growing enough product to   
   meet the maximum allowed by their licenses.   
      
   Nyssa, who is just full of useless information today   
      
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