I have been growing horseradish ( Armoracia rusticana ) on and off for many years now.  It is an interesting perennial vegetable that is wor...

Guinea pigs are an amazing little animal.  We have had them on and off for many years.  Our first guinea pig died at about 8 years of age.  ...

Many people have told me that azolla can be used to control mosquito populations.  This is somewhat true, and has been proven experimentall...

I have grown duckweed for many years.  Each time I move house I bring some with me.  I like the little plants floating happily on water.  I ...

Strawberry plants are often described on the internet as ‘June bearing’, ‘everbearing’ or ‘day neutral’. Even though we usually don’t use th...

We have a lot of clover in our lawn from time to time.  I encourage it to grow in the lawn.  Clover sequesters nitrogen from th...

I am constantly amazed at how little knowledge people have about growing food.  Ironically foodies appear to have the least knowledge about ...

I wrote a guide detailing the vegetable days to harvest from planting a seed .  It has many different vegetables, as well as strawberries an...

White Mulberries ( Morus alba ) are one of the easiest fruiting trees to grow from cuttings.  Anyone can do it and nothing is needed other t...

I bred Immali corn a few years ago in Central West NSW.  It is a coloured sweet corn.  As you can see from the pictures it is purple/pink an...

I grew some Yin Yang beans this year, they are a dried bean that is one of the most beautiful beans ever.  Days to maturity Yin Yang Bean...

Have you ever heard of a plant that is the hybrid of a strawberry and a raspberry?  Have you ever seen one?  Have you made that cross yourse...

The following was written by Anne Gibson, The Micro Gardener – https://themicrogardener.com  it is on my blog with permission. __...

I have been getting a few questions over alpine strawberries so thought I would write a short blog post to clear up some things.  Alpi...

We had a bee swarm visit us! On Saturday 3 March a friendly swarm of honey bees decided to visit.  They flew in and created an impressive ...