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Tips for Hardy Gardeners: popcorn plants and watermelon radishes

Eden Brothers, edenbrothers.com

Gardeners are leaping out of bed these early mornings, ready to get their gardens ready for seeds and transplants.

But if you're looking to expand your agricultural horizons, there are a host of things to plant that will tickle your fancy, including bright purple graffitti cauliflower, orange cheddar cauliflower, striped bumblebee tomatoes, and Mimosa pudica, a plant that will shrink from your touch.

But who could resist a radish that looks like watermelon, or a plant that looks - and smells - like popcorn?

Credit MN State Horticultural Society
Popcorn plant. The MN State Horticultural Society says " Popcorn plant is poisonous. So, if you have pets who nibble on plants or small children, this might be a plant to avoid."

A note about the popcorn plant from the Minnesota State Horticultural Society:

"Popcorn plant is poisonous. So, if you have pets who nibble on plants or small children, this might be a plant to avoid."

Read more about the popcorn plant here:

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
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