10 Neat Things Archives

Planting Trees

1. The roots don’t reach to China. Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too

Eyes 1. Those eyes have seen a lot of… Most spiders have eight eyes, and they see a lot. In

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

Do you have dragonflies in your garden? Here are 10 neat things about these cool dragonflies. https://youtu.be/xnO8Uk3bmsY 1. Do dragonflies

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

1. Trunk. An elephant’s trunk is kind of like a nose, in that it is used for breathing and smelling

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

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

Little landrace shoat 1. What to call it (1). There are more words for the animal that gives you pork

1. Blue impatiens. Impatiens namchabarwensis is a semi-woody, branching, one-foot tall plant with delicate true-blue blooms that was discovered in