PEANUT
Have you ever eat boiled peanuts and fried peanuts ?, it’s very tasty right? But do you know anything about peanut plants? Where do fruits peanuts grow? Under the ground or on branches ? .Farmers grow peanuts in the beginning of summer . Peanuts don’t need too much water. Loook, a farmer is about to plant peanuts.
First, he has to cultivate his field . he hoes and plows his field. The farmer makes small holes. Then, he puts peanuts seeds inside the holes. Every hole contains two peanut seeds. Within three days the peanuts seeds wiil sprout . The leaves will appear and the roots will pierce the to ground. Ten days later you can see small peanut plants. The shape of peanut leaves is oval . You will often found beetles and caterpillars on peanut leaves. These insect like to eat peanut leaves. The farmer has to fertilize his peanut plants. He digs holes beside his peanut plants and fills them with fertilizers.
When the peanut plants reached a month old, the flowers wills appear. After pollinations, the would be peanuts enter the ground and grow. When will the farmer harvest his peanuts?, When the peanut plants have become ripe, around three month old. Around that time peanut leaves will dry out. The farmer is very happy because the time to harvest the peanuts has come. He and some of his friend plucked the peanut plants. Wow, the harvest is plentiful because the peanuts are abundant. They also have to clean them dirt.
You can boil those peanuts and it is very easy. First, you have to wash them before you boiled them. You can add some salt so they are tastier. If you want to make fried peanuts, you have to take the seed. Break the shells, then take the seeds and dip them into hot cooking oil. It’s very easy right.
