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A Bit Of Garden Trivia.... more
Jul 3, 2009 | 6:53 PM PST

                           
                          A Bit Of Garden Trivia

* A Humming bird is the only bird know that can fly backwards.

* The average Humming bird weighs less than a penny.

* A snail can sleep for 3 years.

*A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

* Only female mosquitoes bite and drink blood. Male mosquitoes do not bite; they are vegetarians, and feed on the nectar of flowers.

* Mosquitoes repellents don''t actually repel. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

*Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color.

* The smallest mammal in the world is Thailand's Kitti's hognosed bat, which  isabout the size of a bumblebee. One bat can catch over 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour.

*wood Frogs freeze during the winter and thaw again in the spring to begin breeding.

* The city of Mt.Veron, Washington....grows more tulips than the entire country of Holland.

*Eighty percent of the world's rose species come from Asia.

* Bananas are considered the world's largest herb. They are related to the lily and orchid family.

*Rosemary, sage, oregano, thyme and marjoram all belong to the mint plant family.

* Ever plant in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, is edible.

* The "Easter rabbit" was a sacred companion of Easter, the Northern Goddess of Spring. Easter was traditionally a time of rejoicing that growing things wree reborn in spring.

* Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf uner his cap to keep cool. He changed it every two innings.

AND JUST FOR FUN....

* Bulb: potential flower buried in Autumn, never to be seen again- Henry Beard

* A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.-Doug Larson

* Hoeing: A manual method of severing roots from stems of newly planted flowers and vegetables.

* Crabgrass can grown on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known  way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.

 * Gardening is medicine that does not need a prescription... and with no limit  on  dosage.- Author unkown

 

One day I ran across this and just thought it was interesting....reba