I like that "On This Day" website and just learned this tidbit -- I read that today in 1947, the first instant developing camera, the Land Camera was developed by Polaroid. I didn't realize how many years those instant cameras have been around! They have miniature ones now that seem to be...
I am looking for suggestions of what to plant in a rather large pot on my porch. I want it to be short, hardy, and bushy and if it includes blooms eventually all the better! (The pot is a mini wine barrel)
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?
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!
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...