We have had some heavy frosts this winter.  I keep meaning to sneak out and take pictures.  Unfortunately I only remembered to take pictures...

Thornlessness in brambleberries appears to be influenced by at least three different factors.  Scientists and plant breeders have understoo...

We have been keeping various ancient cultures for years.  We started with milk kefir, then went on to things such as water kefir and sour d...

Chinese water chestnuts ( Eleocharis dulcis ) are very simple to grow at home and are very productive.  For some reason people used to tell...

Usually in Australia potatoes are grown from clones.  Sometimes these are pieces of existing potatoes or small potatoes.  Confusingly people...

I don't grow many ornamental plants but I love maidenhair ferns, I think that they are beautiful.  I have some on my desk at work to hel...

I have been messing around with plant breeding for as long as I can remember.  Some simple things, others more complicated.  I mentioned in ...

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...