How to Grow a Bean ?
The magic of growing things never fails to amaze me. The seed in my hand is programmed to grow and multiply. A small hole in the ground, in goes the bean, cover it and a few weeks later the bean has successfully reproduced itself. Pick the bean pod, open it and there lying snug are exact replicas of the bean placed in the ground. A miracle indeed ! Click on the image to see it fullsize.
And here they are - the beans and peas.
broadbeans lying snug in their pods peas lying snug in their pods
Raspberries too hold their own fascination,
one can just about see the spiral patterns.
spiral patterns of the raspberry
If one looks carefully at the raspberry, the juicy seeds are seen to be arranged in a spiral pattern. Whether they obey the fibonacci spirals was too difficult to observe.
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