I live in Virginia peanut country (southeast) and my husband is a farmer. When my father-in-law was still living (and my husband had more help), they grew peanuts for many years. I would help them with the peanut harvest, so I thoroughly enjoyed this article, as I have a special love of peanuts. I still love riding by a peanut field during harvest time and smelling that distinct smell of freshly dug peanuts laying out in the field to dry.
I volunteer at the Southampton Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Courtland, VA, and we have one of the best historical collections of peanut equipment around, and with good reason, as Benjamin Hicks, the first person to patent the gasoline-powered peanut picker, lived in our County. Check out our Facebook page, and come for a visit! First Saturday in May is Heritage Day, an event not to be missed! And if you'd like to see a really great video about how they used to harvest peanuts on peanut shocks in the field, check out one of our members, Elisha Barnes, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLZOQPflsA&t=427s
I live in Virginia peanut country (southeast) and my husband is a farmer. When my father-in-law was still living (and my husband had more help), they grew peanuts for many years. I would help them with the peanut harvest, so I thoroughly enjoyed this article, as I have a special love of peanuts. I still love riding by a peanut field during harvest time and smelling that distinct smell of freshly dug peanuts laying out in the field to dry.
I volunteer at the Southampton Agriculture and Forestry Museum in Courtland, VA, and we have one of the best historical collections of peanut equipment around, and with good reason, as Benjamin Hicks, the first person to patent the gasoline-powered peanut picker, lived in our County. Check out our Facebook page, and come for a visit! First Saturday in May is Heritage Day, an event not to be missed! And if you'd like to see a really great video about how they used to harvest peanuts on peanut shocks in the field, check out one of our members, Elisha Barnes, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLZOQPflsA&t=427s