@cobalt123 So yeah, proper drying and storage are crucial with peanuts. I actually picked up a proper food dryer a few months back, so I'll be using that to dry them (and will clean everything thoroughly afterwards).
"This video guides viewers through the process of harvesting and curing peanuts. The presenter demonstrates how to identify mature peanuts, dig them up, and prepare them for drying. They also discuss the importance of proper storage to prevent mold and rancidity."
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Sat, 12 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/12
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Fri, 11 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/11
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Thu, 10 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/10
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Wed, 09 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/09
A deluxe coffee table book celebrating the 75th anniversary of the beloved comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, "The Essential #Peanuts" (Abrams ComicArts; October 7, 2025) by Mark Evanier with contributions by Patrick McDonnell, Jean Schulz, design by Chip Kidd. Bonus Merch! https://www.amberunmasked.com/peanuts75/
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Tue, 08 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/08
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Mon, 07 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/07
By complete chance this evening I discovered that Charles Schulz created a kids US history series in the late 1980’s…It’s America, Charlie Brown.
Maybe this is well known in the US…but less so over here in the UK!
Anyways…my kid who loves history and #Peanuts is super excited! We just watched the first episode ‘Birth of the Constitution’…let’s just say it’s lost none of its relevance!
https://archive.org/details/AmericaCharlieBrown/Birth+of+the+Constitution.avi
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Sun, 06 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/06
#OrganicGardening Soil #Inoculants - Benefits Of Using A Legume Inoculant
By Heather Rhoades
May 18, 2021
"Peas, beans, and other legumes are well known to help fix nitrogen into the soil. This not only helps the peas and beans grow but can help other plants later grow in that same spot. What many people don't know is that a significant amount of nitrogen fixing by peas and beans happens only when a special legume inoculant has been added to the soil.
"Using pea and bean inoculants is simple. First, purchase your legume inoculant from your local nursery or a reputable online gardening website. Once you have your garden soil inoculant, plant your peas or beans (or both). When you plant the seed for the legume you are growing, place a good amount of the legume inoculants in the hole with the seed. You cannot over inoculate, so don't be afraid of adding too much to the hole. The real danger will be that you will add too little garden soil inoculant and the bacteria will not take. Once you have finished adding your pea and bean inoculants, cover both the seed and the inoculant with soil. That's all you have to do to add organic gardening soil inoculants to the soil to help you grow a better pea, bean, or other legume crop."
Read more:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/soil-inoculants.htm
However, the inoculants for most legumes will not work for peanuts...
"Will soybean inoculant work in peanuts?
A. No. The product may be similar in name, but the species of bacteria needed for these two legume crops are different. Bacteria know what their primary host is and the signal chemicals sent out from the roots of the soybean are different than those sent out by peanut. The soil is full of many different types of bacteria, but those signal chemicals tell exactly which bacteria to respond. Putting a soybean inoculant on peanuts is simply wasting money.
"To get the benefits of nitrogen fixation and the resulting vigorous root growth, disease protection and, ultimately, a boost in yields, an inoculant specially produced for peanuts should be used."
https://peanutgrower.com/feature/inoculant-guide-q-a/
#Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #GrowingPeanuts #Peanuts #GrowingBeans #SoilInoculents #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity
So, I had already picked up some "seed peanuts" from the local feed store (which reminds me -- almost time for seed potatoes and baby onions), and I've grown them in the past. However, I've never tried growing them from store peanuts, so if someone else has, let me know how it worked out. Also, peanuts are another plant that benefits from inoculants -- however, peanut inoculant is different than bean inoculant! (More about inoculants in my next post).
How to Grow Peanuts in Soil from Store-Bought Nuts
Lois Capone by Lois Capone
March 25, 2025
"I’ve always found something magical about growing food from everyday grocery items. Peanuts, in particular, are one of those crops that seem almost too simple to grow, yet many people assume they require a specialized process."
Read more:
https://gardenandcrafty.com/how-to-grow-peanuts
#Gardening #SolarPunkSunday #GrowingPeanuts #Peanuts #GrowYourOwn #FoodSecurity
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Wed, 02 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/02
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Thu, 03 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/03
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Fri, 04 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/04
Peanuts by Charles Schulz for Sat, 05 Apr 2025 https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/05
Trump’s Tariff Tirade
I didn’t watch the speech tirade by “US President” Donald Trump* last night in which he unveiled his new tariff plan, but people have been talking about this all day so I couldn’t resist a quick comment. There’s a lot I don’t know about economics and trade policy but one thing I do know is that the trad-weighted average tariff on goods from the USA entering the EU is about 3%, not the 39% that Trump alleged. I did therefore wonder where he got this number and all his other “reciprocal tariffs” from. Fortunately a little digging around revealed the answer.
On the left you see part of the chart showing tariffs country-by-country and the second is an extract from the published methodology which would be hilarious were the consequences not so serious.
part of the list of “reciprocal tariffs”The magic formulaYou will see that the second column on the chart is headed “Tariffs charged on the USA”, with 39% listed for the European Union. This number is calculated using the “formula” on the right which has absolutely nothing to do with tariffs charged. Moreover, the denominator contains the product εφ with the values ε=4 and φ=0.25 given in the text so εφ = 1. The expert mathematician who derived this formulae seems to have missed the fact that ε is not less than zero (first sentence) if it is equal to 4, but we’ll let that pass. In fact I can’t be bothered to point out the other errors because no matter how egregious they are, there is no chance of Trumpty Dumpty reversing his decisions anyway.
To sum up, the notional tariff in column 2 is just the difference between imports and exports (the country’s trade surplus) divided by imports. The numbers in the third column of the chart on the left are just half those in the second column (give or take rounding errors and the fact that there is a minimum of 10%). China faces huge tariffs because it has a large trade surplus with the USA. The EU’s 20% tariff is nothing to do with the tariffs it charges but is due to the fact that it has a trade surplus with the USA; the UK has a lower tariff rate than the EU because it has a smaller trade surplus with the USA than the EU. That’s it.
I heard a Trump-supporting numpty attempting to justify the calculation shown in the chart on the grounds that it is really an “unfairness index”, it apparently being unfair and worthy of punishment if a country sells more to the USA than the USA sells to it. Following this line of reasoning, I have decided that all shops are unfair because I always buy more from them than they buy from me.
P.S. I was thinking that in future retaliation I should boycott goods from the USA but this would be an empty gesture because I don’t really buy any anyway. Looking up top imports from the USA to Ireland I find, for example, Bourbon (which I never buy because it is undrinkable) and confectionery (which I don’t buy because I don’t have a sweet tooth). Then I found peanuts, which I do buy occasionally, and will not buy in future. However in the grand scheme of world trade, peanuts are small potatoes.
*I apologize for forgetting to mention that Donald Trump is a convicted felon.
Today's @pixel_dailies prompt was "booth", so I went old-school.
Honestly really happy with how close the micro-font attempt got to the OG text.
