Remember that post about TickleMe Plants around Christmas. Well, the TickleMe Plant Company says the gift that gives giggles is also a great idea for gifts this Valentine’s Day.
Oddly enough, I’ve been tickling my own plants here in SE Asia. There’s a small fern that’s native to the area and when you “tickle” it, the leaves close up. I wonder if it’s in the same plant family as the Brazilian TickleMe Plant…
The National Gardening Association, will feature two new and exciting educational products from the TickleMe Plant Company. TickleMe Plants(TM) move their branches down and close their leaves when tickled. TickleMe Plant seeds and grow kits are available now from NGA, at www.Kidsgardeningstore.com
What is a TickleMe Plant?
Native to Brazil, they can be found there, growing in the wild. The scientific name for the TickleMe Plant is Mimosa pudica.
“You simply plant the seeds in one of our growing kits or a flower pot with soil, water it and the plants will sprout in days,” says Larry Chipkin. Two weeks later, you can tickle this very sensitive plant and watch in amazement as the plant closes its leaves and lowers its branches. Then, usually, within 15 minutes, it lifts its fernlike branches and re-opens its leaves.
The TickleMe Plant company says its fern can even open up into pink, fluffy blooms.
The beef industry honored Paul Hitch today at the general session. His family joined him on stage and he was presented with a plaque and accolades for all the work he’s done on behalf of the industry over the years. Paul’s a producer from Oklahoma.
The press got to meet with our new Ag Secretary, Ed Schafer, after his speech today.
The ever lovely Executive Director of the 
Our Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer, made his first major public policy speech today at the Cattle Industry Convention. Thanks to Andy Vance, 
He did talk about the Humane Society mess over their video of animal handling atrocities at the Hallmark Meat Packing Co. I think USDA has handled this quite well and the plant was shut down. What I thought was interesting was the Secretary in the press conference making a very good point about how this whacko (my word) organization withheld the video for months so they could release it to the media in a sensational way instead of bringing it immediately to the proper legal authorities so that the situation could have been halted immediately. In effect, the Humane Society prolonged animal suffering and I think the people who support them ought to know that they really don’t care about animals, only their political agenda and raising money.
The Beef Ambassadors sure do a good job of getting out and promoting beef. I know passion about the product is necessary to be chosen and Jennifer Rassler, Kempton, PA is one of them.
It’s time once again for a Guess Who’s Boots post.
Baxter Black has nothing to do with shining boots. He was just signing books at the booth next door while I got by boots shined.
This morning I got together with Dave Mehlhaff,