HOE HOE HOE: LET'S GARDEN!
FROM THE TV SHOW'S OPENING NARRATION
AN "I", 4, AN "I"
(Ken: Each response will have within it a sequence of a letter "I" then four other letters, then another "I".)
HITTING YOU WITH HARD SCIENCE
CAUTION: WORD CONSTRUCTION ZONE
100

The N.Y. Times counsels gardeners to wait until nights have reached 50 degrees to plant these vine-grown salad favorites

What are tomatoes?

100

"In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous"

What is Law and Order: SVU?

100

Adjective describing things that are exactly, precisely, completely the same

What is identical?

100

The name of a direct-to-consumer genetic info company includes this number, the total chromosome pairs in a typical human cell

What is 23

100

Got up from bed
+
mother of Jesus
=
this herb

What is rosemary?

200

In the fall, 6 weeks before the ground freezes, plant these bulbs & "tiptoe through" them in the spring

What are tulips?

200

One episode used "The following takes place between midnight & 1 A.M."

What is 24?

200

If you tailgate you might get cited for a moving this

What is a violation?

200

Here's some really hard science; the pink form of this igneous rock is prized for use in countertops & more

What is granite

200

Shakespeare wrote "All the world" is one
+
a sports team leader
=
this transport

What is stagecoach?

300

Use this organic or inorganic soil cover to reduce water loss & against extreme temps but don't pile it on stems; it'll rot 'em

What is mulch?
300

From 1960:
"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight & sound, but of mind"

What is The Twilight Zone?

300

It's how occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue are expected to appear

What is presidential?

300

Latin for "hair" gives us the name of these blood vessels

What are capillaries

300

Type of corvid
+
place where a mixologist works
=
this prying tool

What is a crowbar?

400

Put some wide tape on the underside of your hand, sticky side out, & pat the leaves to help get rid of this insect


What are aphids?

400

"There are 2 kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people--psychopaths & mystery writers"

What is Castle

400

The M.I.T. School of this offers degrees in the biological, chemical & mechanical types

What is engineering?

400

Coral polyps excrete hard skeletons made of this, CaCO3; get enough of the little guys together & you get a reef

What is calcium carbonate
400

Cautionary golf yell
+
dark image caused by the Sun
=
this, something an author does

What is foreshadow?

500

From the Greek for "water work", this type of soilless gardening can be done indoors using nutrients in solution

What are hydroponics?

500

"The name:
Dr. Richard Kimble. the destination: Death row, state prison. The irony: Richard Kimble is innocent"

What is The Fugitive

500

The settlement of a dispute according to the judgment of an agreed-upon third party

What is arbitration

500

The 1930s added a zeroth law of this, saying 2 objects in thermal equilibrium with a 3rd are in equilibrium as well

What is thermodynamics


500

Soft bird plumage
+
members of a play
=
this, describing a look of dejection

What is downcast?

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