Peanuts

MAKE SURE YOU use fresh, unroasted peanuts. Fill a large, four-inch-deep plastic bowl 2/3 full of moist potting soil. Shell four peanuts and place them on top of the soil; then cover with one inch of soil. Plants will sprout quickly. In a couple of months, small, yellow, pealike flowers will develop along the lower part of the stem. After the flowers fade, the ovaries will swell, start to grow toward the ground, and then push into the soil. Peanuts will be ready to harvest in about six months.