Growing peanuts at home is fun, hugely satisfying and often easier than you may think. Known by many other names such as goobers, goober peas, earth nuts, ground nuts, pindas and pinders - Arachis hypogaea is a sun loving annual that can be grown in the ground or a container.
Often mistaken for a nut, these protein-packed super foods are, in fact, legumes and closely related to beans and peas. Unusually, the heavily veined shells grow below ground, so the lifting of each plant comes with the excitement of not knowing just how big the crop will be.
