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10 Neat things about wheat

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Wheat

October 31, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3165 Views gluten sensitivity, grain composition, wheat cultivation, Wheat history, wheat production, wheat straw, wheat symbolism, wheat varieties, whole wheat flour, winter wheat

1. Wheat sheaf as symbol. A sheaf of wheat is one symbol of All Saints’ Day, which is November 1.

10 Neat things about pumpkins

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Pumpkins

October 3, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 5140 Views giant pumpkins, Pollination, pumpkin care, pumpkin competition, pumpkin flowers, pumpkin growth, pumpkin harvesting, pumpkin hybrids, pumpkins, secondary roots

1. Sex and the single pumpkin. Pumpkins are monoecious. A single plant will have both male and female flowers. Female

10 Neat Things about peaches

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Peaches

September 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4327 Views 10 Neat Things, cool and interesting facts, peaches

1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is

10 Neat Things about Apples

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Apples

August 29, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 3171 Views 10 Neat Things, apples

1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply

highbush cranberry

Highbush cranberry grows wild just about everywhere in Canada.

Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

Cranberries

August 27, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4774 Views bush, Canada, cranberry, plant

Lowbush cranberry The lowbush cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North American plant, related to the blueberry, that grows naturally in

10 Neat Things about corn

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Corn

August 22, 2019 Dorothy Dobbie 3599 Views biodegradable plastic, biofuel, corn, corn earworm, corn facts, ethanol, high fructose corn syrup, Indigenous agriculture, nitrogen depletion, three sisters

1. Corn is grass. Zea mays, the Latin name for maize, which is the farming name for corn, is a

10 Neat Things about brussel sprouts

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Brussels Sprouts

August 14, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4547 Views 10 Neat Things, Brussels sprouts, vegetables

1. Mon petit chou. My little cabbage, a term of endearment in French, could be applied to Brussels sprouts, which

cool facts about beets

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Beets

August 2, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3687 Views 10 Neat Things, beetroot, beets, Vegetable

1. Blood turnip. Beets or beetroots, as they are known in the United Kingdom, evolved from the sea beet, a

chokecherries and chokeberries

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs Wild Flowers

Chokecherries and Chokeberries

August 1, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 12919 Views 10 Neat Things, chokeberries, chokecherries

Chokecherry fruit 1. Not the same. Chokecherries and chokeberries look quite similar to the untrained eye and they both taste

potatoes

Baby Potatoes in the Garden

Edibles Gardening for Beginners Plants

Baby Potatoes

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 3242 Views Edibles, potatoes, vegetable gardening

Po-TAE-to, Po-TA-to Nothing tastes better than fresh baby potatoes from the garden. Boiled, baked or put into salads or soups,