April Eating Calendar - Beets Page 2
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Listen to the Beet!
Beets are another root vegetable with
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dark green leaves. The most common beets are red, but
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they also come in white, yellow, and even striped colors!
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Beets grow well during spring and fall because they like cool
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temperatures. They are great for small gardens because they
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do not need a lot of space to grow.
According to the Guinness World Records the heaviest beet in the world...
In South Texas areas beets can grow all throughout the
winter months. Pacemaker III is a beet variety grown in Texas,
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but other names include Red Ace, Red Cloud and Warrior.
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Potassium:
Beets are rich in potassium, which helps your
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muscles and heart stay healthy.
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Growing Regions:
High Plains, Rio Grande Valley and
Winter Garden
Joke of the Month
Pomegranates
Q.
Why couldn’t the kid finish the race?
see answer below.
A pomegranate is a larger fruit about the size of a grapefruit
and is similar in color to a red apple. The word pomegranate
High Plains
comes from French and Latin words that when read together
East Texas
mean “apple with many seeds.” Every pomegranate is filled
Growing Regions
with hundreds of edible seeds surrounded by covers called
Winter Garden
Rio Grande Valley
arils. The seeds and arils are the edible parts of the fruit
and can be red, pink, purplish, or white.
Pomegranate Seed
White Portion
Pomegranate Arils
Red Portion
Pomegranate plants can be shrubs or small trees, and once
planted take three to four year to start producing fruit. Once
the plant matures it can start producing upwards of 200
pomegranates annually.
Growing Regions:
East Texas, Rio Grande Valley and
Winter Garden
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