Skirret ( Sium Sisarum ) is the ultimate perennial vegetable.  As far as I am concerned skirret is the perfect vegetable for organic garden...

I love string of pearls succulents ( Senecio rowleyanus ).  There is something special about their almost spherical leaves with little win...

When we lived on acreage we had many apple trees.  We had three mixed orchards, each orchard had some apples.  We had some old heritage appl...

Quite often I have read about the "three sisters" method of planting.  People state different reasons for each of the three plants...

There are some amazing hybrid fruits around, things such as plumcots (which are a cross of a plum and an apricot) or boysenberries (which ar...

Have you ever eaten a seedless watermelon and found 2 or 3 black viable looking seeds?  Have you ever wondered how this is possible?  I have...

I broke my spine a few years ago.  I can walk which is lovely and I appreciate the time I have had being able to walk.  I have known people ...

I like chillies.  I enjoy their capsaicin, but far more than that I love their taste.  There are literally thousands of different types of c...

What is more useful, this odd shaped piece of grass on a gentle slope which fits a guinea pig house nicely and takes time to mow every now a...

I love string of pearls plants ( Senecio rowleyanus ), I think they look amazing.  I grow a few and find them delightful.  There are a few d...

In order to correctly prune raspberries or blackberries or any of their many hybrids it is important to understand their basic growth habit ...

People often tell me how they tried to grow edible mushrooms from a kit and either failed or the yield was disappointingly low.  Other peop...

Seeds from different species have different requirements before they will germinate, some are simple, others are rather complex.  All seeds...