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Asparagus can grow up to 10 inches in just 24 hours if the weather is warm! Bull kelp is also a fast-growing seaweed that can grow up to 2 feet per day!

I just learned that plants know what time of day it is and they use sugar signals to do so! They keep track of the time so they don't starve at night. They also need to know the time of day to know when to release scents, open flowers and just when they should spend energy to grow!

I bought a beautiful wintergreen plant this winter that had lovely red berries on it. There are a lot of crows around here and the crows have picked off every single berry! Any ideas for keeping crows away?

Just my luck, my 250 million year old salt has expired 😁

I made Mediterranean Shrimp & Spinach last night and it was oh so delicious!

I used to think that sunflowers were just one flower. This is not the case. One sunflower can be made up of one to two thousand mini sunflowers and each produces its own seed!

Today in 1799, the first US patent for a seeding machine was given to Eliakim Spooner in Vermont. Wow! That was a long time ago!

I just learned that supposedly if you add a few teaspoons of baking soda to your garden, you can boost the sweetness of your tomatoes!!

Did you know that there are more microorganisms in one tsp of soil than there are people on earth!? That's a lot of life!

For all you Scrabble fans: I was playing Scrabble with my oldest daughter tonight and I got the biggest single word score ever! I got 128 points for one word which not only landed on a triple word box, but the "x" in the word landed on a triple letter box! My daughter was the champion as...

Did y'all know that you can cook a 5 pound beef roast in a pressure cooker for 150 minutes and it comes out oh so tender! I've noticed this is true with expensive and cheap roasts. Pressure cookers can even turn a boot leather tuff steak or roast into a tender juicy piece of meat!

Did you know the color of an orange depends on where it grows!? So oranges can come in yellow, orange, and green even when ripe!

In 1690, the musical instrument, the clarinet, is invented in Germany.

On this day in 1930 Mickey Mouse comic strip first appears!

You've seen purple, red, white, and yellow carrots, but did you know black carrots are a thing too? They don't sound tempting do they!? I also learned that long ago carrots were grown for their leaves and seeds and the roots were not tasty at that point. I think they wanted the leaves because...

On today's date January 10, 1949, RCA introduced the 45 RPM record. I had lots of these as a kid!

On this day in 1963 1st class postage was raised from 4 cents to 5 cents! Can you imagine that!?

When writing something digital such as an email, how many spaces do you add after each period? One or two? If you answered two, everyone will know you are definitely "older" because only us folk who have used a typewriter do that! Lol! I just learned this! How funny!

On this day in 1863, four-wheeled roller skates are patented by James Plimpton in New York City. Attached is one of the first roller skates! (Image courtesy of Medfield Historical Society)

My daughter took this pic of her cat about to catch mouse dinner!!!