Tech29,
Yes, raw peanuts are actually the seed. Shell them out, put in freezer bags and store them in the freezer. When the ground warms up, take them out and put them in the ground. Do NOT thaw them, put them in the ground frozen. When they thaw they will germinate and viola! a peanut patch. My wife swear' s this the only way to plant them. As a transplanted Yankee I didn' t know this until my Southern born and raised wife educated me. In fact, until we were married and we put in the first garden, (My first, not hers. She was raised on the farm.) I didn' t know what a Peanut plant looked like. When they first came up, I rushed out, took a look and then told the wife that they look like clover. She told me, " of course, they' re in the Clover family. They' re high protein, make a lot of forage, and like Clover will improve the nitrogen in the soil.
Give them a try.