Saturday 4 May 2024
Variegated string of pearls tiny cutting
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I have been growing string of pearls succulents ( Curio rowleyanus also called Senecio rowleyanus ) since late 2016 or early 2017. They ar...
Friday 26 April 2024
Vegetable fern Diplazium esculentum
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For a few years I have wanted to grow vegetable fern ( Diplazium esculentum ). This is a beautiful and ornamental looking fern that is comm...
Saturday 20 April 2024
Grechnevaya kasha - our food
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Grechka = buckwheat Kasha = porridge Grechnevaya kasha = buckwheat kasha (buckwheat porridge) There is an old saying along the lines of &qu...
Friday 12 April 2024
African Violets double and single
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I have always liked African violets, for some reason I didn't get one until the year 2021. The first African violet I got was a small ...
Saturday 6 April 2024
100 Year Old Mint
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From time-to-time, people contact me to tell me about some incredible vegetable that they are growing, sometimes it is an heirloom that has ...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Fish and Chinese water chestnuts
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Years ago it used to be common to read on permaculture sites how people would grow Chinese water chestnuts ( Eleocharis dulcis ) in those pl...
Thursday 28 March 2024
Johnny jump up
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Back in 2019 I bought some seeds of a flower called 'Johnny Jump up' or 'Heartsease' ( Viola tricolor ). It is one of the w...
Saturday 23 March 2024
Super leuco - seed grown pitcher plants
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A few years ago, a grower friend sent me some seeds as a surprise (thanks Beauze). There were some really amazing seeds in there. I was de...
Thursday 21 March 2024
Arizona snowcap cactus
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When I was in high school I bought a small cactus, at the time it had a label that called it something along the lines of 'Snowy'. ...
Friday 15 March 2024
Liverworts
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I like liverworts, they are interesting little plants. They don't have a significant economic importance, and they are small, so mostly...
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