Call it peanut, groundnut or a monkey nut, these small, oval shaped nuts were perhaps one of the first few domesticated grain legumes by mankind.

Whatever you call your harvest — peanuts, ground nuts, goober peas — this crop is fun to grow, and it rounds out your pantry staples nicely by adding snacks and the base for fresh-ground nut butter.

This time of year, squirrels and chipmunks are rushing to fill their winter larders with seeds and nuts, often loudly squabbling with each other. It's harvest time in the woods, and not just for mast ...