Spry Sprouts
This root vegetable makes for a super addition to your salad, as both the leaves and the pungent, often pink and white root can be eaten raw. Happily for the inexperienced gardener, plants are also cold hardy and germinate in as little as three days for some cultivars!
What is radish?
The Grass/Poison-type starter from Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green, this Pokémon evolves into Ivysaur, then Venusaur.
What is Bulbasaur?
Beware the Ides of March! Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators on this date in 44 BC.
What is March 15?
In 2006 this 11th seeded team went on a tear, making it to the Final Four by beating schools like Michigan State, North Carolina, Wichita State, and even a UConn team that was the consensus best team in the country.
Who were the George Mason Patriots?
This French scientist is probably best known for developing the technique of pasteurization, but his greatest contributions might be his work on the germ theory of disease.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
Torrington, CT
Who is Molly Spino?
Growing this casserole mainstay legume is a staple activity in many classrooms, where the large seeds, which can germinate in as little as five days, are sprouted in plastic bags, then transferred to dirt pots.
What are green beans?
This Grass-type Pokémon from the Johto region has a large leaf on its head and small green buds on its neck. When it evolves, it ends up with a smaller leaf on its head and large petals on its neck.
What is Chikorita?
“Caesar’s civil war” in 49 BC began when Julius Caesar crossed this river with his army in defiance of an order from the Roman Senate requiring him to return to Rome as a civilian after his conquests in Gaul.
What is the Rubicon?
In 2011 this 11th seeded team became the first to go from the First Four to the Final Four, beating USC, Georgetown, Purdue, FSU, and Kansas along the way.
Who were the VCU Rams?
Honored as the “father of modern chemotherapy,” this doctor was the first to successfully treat leukemia in children with antifolates, which led to the later development of other chemotherapies for other types of cancer.
Who was Sidney Farber?
Litchfield, CT
Who is Denise Raap?
This bright orange flower can germinate in five days and is a traditional decoration for graves on el Día de los Muertos.
What is marigold?
This Pokémon, which looks like a mass of blue vines with arms, evolves from the only pure Grass-type Pokémon in Generation one. It also plays a pretty big role in Pokémon Pokopia!
What is Tangrowth?
“Et tu…?” This man was the most famous of Caesar’s assassins. His mother, Servilia, was Caesar’s mistress, and this assassin and Caesar had a close relationship. Because he believed that Caesar’s concentration of political power made him a threat to the Roman Republic, though, he was one of the main organizers of the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.
Who was Marcus Junius Brutus?
In 2022 this 15th seeded team became the lowest seed to ever make the Elite Eight when they beat Kentucky, Murray State, and Purdue.
Who were the St. Peter's Peacocks?
When this doctor created one of the first successful polio vaccines, he refused to patent it, saving uncounted lives around the world and eliminating transmission of the disease in the United States within 25 years.
Who was Jonas Salk?
Harwinton, CT
Who is Michael R. Criss?
This bright flower can germinate in as little as a week - which is a good thing, because they have to be started outside after the soil is warm because their delicate taproots don’t take well to transplanting, and their seeds are a favorite of birds and squirrels. If they weren’t so quick, they wouldn’t make it!
What are sunflowers?
This is the Grass-type evolution of Eevee.
What is Leafeon?
At the time of his assassination, after defeating the opposition in a civil war, Caesar occupied this role in the Roman government.
What is dictator perpetuo (“dictator in perpetuity”)?
In 2008 this 10th seeded team made a run to the Elite Eight on the back of their star PG and future NBA champion Stephen Curry, beating Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin along the way.
Who were the Davidson Wildcats?
This Scottish microbiologist isolated the chemical penicillin after discovering that bacteria refused to grow near a clump of Penicillium mold in a contaminated petri dish.
Who was Alexander Fleming?
Goshen, CT
Who is Seth Breakell?
This seed is a component in a popular novelty “pet” that capitalizes on the seed’s quick germination time, which is as little as one day under ideal conditions, to create the impression of green fur or hair on a terracotta figurine.
What is chia?
This spicy Pokemon is the only Grass/Fire-type. It looks like it would make a good hot sauce.
What is Scovillain?
The goal of the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar was to restore the Roman Republic, but unfortunately, by the time of the assassination, the institution was too deteriorated, and the assassination instead precipitated more than a decade of political chaos. By the end of it, this man, Caesar’s great nephew, established the Principate and became the first Roman emperor.
Who is Octavian/Augustus?
In 2014 this 7th seeded team made an improbable run to the NCAA championship game, becoming the second lowest seed to ever win the tournament.
Who were the UConn Huskies?
Listerine mouthwash is named for this surgeon; all told, it’s a small honor, given that his research on and advocacy for antiseptic surgery has saved untold lives and laid the groundwork for many of the last 150 years’ surgical advancements.
Who was Joseph Lister?
Thomaston, CT
Edmond V. Mone