About Peaches
1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is a freestone. With clingstone types,
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September 12, 2019
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About Planting Trees
1. The roots don’t reach to China. Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too deep. The hole should only
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September 9, 2019
About Spiders
Eyes 1. Those eyes have seen a lot of… Most spiders have eight eyes, and they see a lot. In fact, their vision from the
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September 6, 2019
About Apples
1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply this term only to certain
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August 29, 2019
About Dragonflies
Do you have dragonflies in your garden? Here are 10 neat things about these cool dragonflies. https://youtu.be/xnO8Uk3bmsY 1. Do dragonflies bite? Dragonflies do bite, although
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August 15, 2019
About Brussels Sprouts
1. Mon petit chou. My little cabbage, a term of endearment in French, could be applied to Brussels sprouts, which are also members of the
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August 14, 2019
About Elephants
1. Trunk. An elephant’s trunk is kind of like a nose, in that it is used for breathing and smelling (as much as four times
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August 8, 2019
About Beets
1. Blood turnip. Beets or beetroots, as they are known in the United Kingdom, evolved from the sea beet, a wild plant that grows by
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August 2, 2019
Chokecherries and Chokeberries
Chokecherry fruit 1. Not the same. Chokecherries and chokeberries look quite similar to the untrained eye and they both taste very astringent, but they are
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August 1, 2019
10 Neat Things About Pigs
Little landrace shoat 1. What to call it (1). There are more words for the animal that gives you pork than any other animal I
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July 31, 2019