Carrots!

My cute neice Lindsay gave me some carrots last week and they were sooooo yummy. They were fresh as can be and I am still enjoying them. Her grandpa planted them in his garden, then digs them up and puts them in a deep hole in the ground and covers them with leaves and such all winter and can retrieve them any time he wants some fresh carrots. What a smart guy! Carrots kind of go with Easter, don't you think? Here is some carrot trivia:

*Carrots have the highest content of beta carotene (vitamin A) of all vegetables.
*The Longest Carrot recorded in 1996 was 5.14 metres (16 feet 10 ½ inches)
*Carrots were first grown as a medicine not a food
*Holtville, California dubs itself "The Carrot Capital of the World." with an Annual Festival, now in its 60th year
* Carrots are not always orange and can also be found in purple, white, red or yellow

Did you know? - One pound of carrots gives a normal man enough energy to raise 64 tons 1 foot in the air? That same pound can produce 1 ounce and 11 grains of sugar. A pound also contains 14 ounces of water.

You might say I have a boring life if I am posting about CARROTS!
Just thought you would all be interested. Thanks for the carrots Linds!