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A Kid’ll Eat Ivy, Too
This Iranian jar is almost 6,000 years old. It depicts the Persian, or Bezoar, Ibex – the ancestor of our domesticated goat. While our modern goats have horns, the bezoar ibex has the largest horns, considered in proportion to body weight, of any animal in the world. The enormous horns, and the characteristic beard (from which we get the word "goatee"), are beautifully represented. The ibex's distinctive form and trophy-worthy horns have made it the object of hunters for millennia. Today, t...
Empress of the Garden
What smells like a skunk and looks like a pineapple?
And, no, it's not a pineapple that was sprayed by a skunk.
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Harvesting Kaleidoscope Carrots in Winter
The last of the Kaleidoscope carrots were harvested from RRA's Square Foot Garden beds on March 7th.
Can you believe that at the Arboretum we've been harvesting and enjoying carrots all winter?
A brief history lesson on carrots: ...
