Things You Didn't Know About Roses

1 . Some rose species can grow up to 23 feet in height. Pretty tall, eh? 2 . All species of rose have 5 petals, except for Rosa Sirecia, w...

Fun Facts About Sugar-beets

1. The biggest beet in the world was grown by a Dutchman. It weighed over 156 pounds. 2. The Ancient Romans considered beets to be an...

How Much You Know About the History of Sugarcane?

1. Sugarcane was originally domesticated around 8000 BC in New Guinea.  2. In one Polynesian account of the origin of mankind, two fi...

How Much You Know About Yams?

Botanical name:  Dioscorea rotundata  1. True yams may have been cultivated as early as 8,000 B.C. in Asia. 2. Yam and sweet po...

Seven Egg Plant Facts You Didn't Know

1. Eggplants aren’t vegetables actually. In fact, they’re berries like tomatoes which aren't fruits either. 2. Eggplants and tomat...

How Much You Know About Carrots?

1. The word carrot is first recorded in English in a 1538 book of herbs. 2. When first cultivated, carrots were grown for their leaves ...

15 Tomato Facts

-The tomato is in the same family as the potato, pepper, eggplant aka brinjal/aubergine, and petunia. -The French used to refer to the to...

Ten Interesting Facts on Insects

-Mostly, the color of an insect is yellow which is probably because their blood does not carry oxygen. -The longest variety of insect i...