What's the least painful way to cultivate peanuts?

Do you get a long hot summer? They need four to five months without frost, so in cooler places it's a struggle. If you do: raw peanuts in the shell or shelled (not roasted), planted an inch or two deep once the soil is properly warm, in loose sandy soil. After flowering the stems push down into the ground and the nuts form there, so keep the soil around them loose and don't pile on thick mulch. Dig them up when the leaves start to yellow, and let them dry for a couple of weeks before eating.