We planted Muffet Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) seeds, they are a delightful little variety of heirloom bean. The internet references a larg...

Water Celery Oenanthe javanica (flamingo) Like many rare vegetables this plant has many common names including: water parsley, Java waterdr...

Cape Gooseberry ( Physalis peruviana ) is also known as Incaberry, goldenberry and Pichuberry and a few other common names.  I find germi...

We planted some green 'space master' cucumber seeds, they grew into a small shrub instead of a long vine.  The cucumbers tasted goo...

I planted some heirloom 'White Wonder' cucumber seeds.  They are an old heirloom variety of cucumber that is rather good looking.  T...

Vietnamese coriander ( Persicaria odorata ) is an excellent perennial herb which should be more widely grown at home but is not easy enou...

I have grown plenty of different strawberries over the years.  I have grown some from seeds, others from runners, others from divisions.  Mo...

Albino Corn - beautiful but useless Look how pretty my albino corn plants are!  They look amazing.  It is too bad that they have to die....

Lime balm ( Melissa officinalis ''lime" ) is a deliciously limey smelling perennial herb.  It is related to (ie a lime smelli...

We planted some ' Chioggia ' beetroot seeds, the following were the days to maturity for these beetroot.  Being in Australia, all ...

I am growing an heirloom Nordic variety of zucchini ( Cucurbita pepo ) which I know very little about.  Unfortunately the information I was ...

My kids planted some "Oregon Dwarf" green podded snow peas this year.    The packet claimed that they would be ready to harvest in...

Achira ( Canna edulis ) is also called 'Edible Canna' and is sometimes referred to as 'Queensland arrowroot' here in Austra...

Lacy Lady pea ( Pisum sativum ) - semi leafless pea. I wrote a blog post about this semi leafless pea in October 2013.  The following are...

The "days to maturity" which is often quoted on packets of seed is usually little more than an arbitrary number.  I have seen Frec...