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Poinsettias are plants native to Central America and in particular an area of southern Mexico known as Taxco del Arcon. 

The Aztec used to use them to make dye for clothes and their sap for treating fevers.

In 1825, the US Ambassador to Mexico saw the plants and became interested in them. He sent some back to Carolina, USA, and began growing them and sending them to friends.  His name Joel Roberst Poinsett!

But why are poinsettias and Christmas linked together?
 
We all know capsicums as the vegetable that can be eaten fresh or cooked; or used to add flavour to a huge range of dishes, from Asian stir fries to Mediterranean dishes and Mexican chilli beans.
 
Is it worthwhile growing your own?
 

Trees Social Distance Distance Too

It’s not just humans who are having to social distance at the moment. This is something that trees have been doing for hundreds of years, for the same reasons, to protect themselves.  We might be trying to protect ourselves from the dreaded COVID-19 and its variants, but trees are thought to stay a distance from each other to prevent the spread of leaf eating insect larvae.

 
DIstance Learning does not always mean being stuck on your computer.