10 Neat Things About Celery
1. A revered plant. In ancient times, celery wreaths were used as awards for winning athletes in the Nemean Games,
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10 Neat Things About Lily Leaf Beetle
1. What is it? What carries its poop around on its back? And why?! The lily leaf beetle (Liliocerus lillii)
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10 Neat Things About Seeds
1. Nuts and eggs are seeds, too. Although we don’t often think of them like this, eggs and nuts are
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10 Neat Things About Trees Waking Up in Spring
1. I’m not sleeping. I’m just resting my twigs. So do trees really fall into a deathlike slumber over winter?
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10 Neat Things About Eggplants
1. Madde apple, apple of insanity. These are just two of the terms used to describe eggplant over time, perhaps
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10 Neat Things About Christmas Cactus
1. Easy to grow, hard to grow. For some people, Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) grows like a backyard weed. For others,
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10 Neat Things About Wildlife in Winter
1. Bulking up. While many wildlife hibernate or hide away in dens in winter, others just bulk up by eating
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10 Neat Things About December
1. The darkest month. December in Canada is the darkest month. Toronto gets about 8.8 hours of daylight in December.
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10 Neat Things About How Insects Survive Winter
Best Christmas Gift for Gardeners 1. Die or pause? No, diapause. To survive the brutality of freezing winters, many insects
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10 Neat Things About Winter Berries
1. What’s a berry? As you will know by now if you read 10 Neat Things frequently, only some berries
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