When you cruise around your local market trying to be healthy by purchasing fruits and vegetables, did you ever stop and think about how all these items grow? We all know that apples and oranges grow on trees and that potatoes grow underground, but there are some fruits and veggies that you many not recognize if you saw them in their natural state.
BuzzFeed has compiled a list of intriguing ways that fruits and vegetables grow like:
Artichokes are actually the stiff outer petals around a flower.
Chickpeas come in little green pods in a low little plant.
Leeks have a beautiful purple flower.
To see the full list, click over to Buzzfeed. Mind officially blown!
- Artichoke Photo: Flickr: miran / Creative Commons
- Chickpeas Photo: Flickr: 57402879@N00 / Creative Commons
- Leek Photo: Flickr: eugene / Creative Commons
